Re: [Boost-users] unix tools

Or use original GNU tools: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Also why to rewrite exiting high quality de-facto standard (and POSIX complaint) tools that had proven for time much longer than Boost even exits.   Artyom Beilis -------------- CppCMS - C++ Web Framework:   http://cppcms.com/ CppDB - C++ SQL Connectivity: http://cppcms.com/sql/cppdb/ ----- Original Message -----

From: Andreas Schäfer To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Boost-users] unix tools

Wow, rewriting almost the whole GNU toolset? Just for not having to use Cygwin? Sounds like a giant waste of time, TBH.

Cheers -Andreas

On 12:09 Tue 12 Feb    , gast128 wrote:

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Hello all,

since Boost has marvelous cross platform libraries, wouldn't it be an idea to rewrite all the standard commandline unix tools (e.g. cp, grep, ps, ls, diff) in c++ with Boost? Libraries like program options, filesystem and regex already fullfill a lot of the functionality. Only thing left is a person with a good knowledge of the syntax of the cmd line tools and ofc a lot of time:).

I mainly use Windows and i really miss these tools from time to time. And yes there is Cygwin but I would prefer just the tools without changing my environment. _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users

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