Wishful thinking : unix to windows script?

[John Leslie]

Or does anyone have a python script which takes a standard unix
command as an argument and runs the pyton/windows equivalent on
windows?

 

[Steve Holden]

Or does anyone have a python script which takes a standard unix
command as an argument and runs the pyton/windows equivalent on
windows?

This would seem to be a request of overkill of the worst kind, given the
existing availability of tools like Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) and, more
recently, CoLinux (www.colinux.org).

Why do it in Python when it's better done already?

regards
Steve

 

[Patrick Useldinger]

Or does anyone have a python script which takes a standard unix
command as an argument and runs the pyton/windows equivalent on
windows?

There's not always an equivalent command.

-pu

 

[Grant Edwards]

There's not always an equivalent command.

If you install cygwin there almost always is.

 

[Steven Bethard]

If you install cygwin there almost always is.

Also worth mentioning: GnuWin32

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/

Especially useful if you just want a few specific tools (and not an
entire OS).

STeVe

 

[Patrick Useldinger]

If you install cygwin there almost always is.

If you install cygwin there's no need for what the OP describes.

-pu

 

[Max Erickson]

you might also want to take a look at
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
where are the tools are available in a single zip file.

max