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Translating UNIX commands to Windows

The Windows equivalent of 'the shell' is its 'Command Prompt'. The easiest way to start this is by clicking on 'Start', then 'Run', then typing cmd, then clicking 'Ok'.

To convert UNIX shell commands to Windows Command Prompt commands:

  • Omit any initial './'
  • Replace any forward slash '/' in a path with a backslash '\'
  • Single quotes (') must appear inside double quotes ("); double quotes cannot appear inside single quotes

Examples:
UNIX Windows equivalent
./topographica -g examples/lissom_oo_or.ty topographica -g examples\lissom_oo_or.ty
./topographica -c 'targets=["lissom_oo_or_10000.typ"]' examples/run.py topographica -c "targets=['lissom_oo_or_10000.typ']" examples\run.py

There are, additionally, some less-often-needed or more complex translations that might be required:

  • Replace ~ in a path with the path to your My Documents folder (e.g. ~/cnv might become "%HOMEPATH%\My Documents\cnv")
  • Unix commands such as cp usually have equivalents (copy in this case); see one of the references on the web, e.g. UNIX for DOS Users

Hosted by: SourceForge Logo James A. Bednar (jbednar@inf.ed.ac.uk) Last update: Thu Feb 21 15:17:04 UTC 2008.