README.cygwin32

Compiling EPICS on cygwin32 (Windows95/NT)
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Right now this port of EPICS base to cygwin32 R1.3.3 fails
because cygwin does not yet support point-to-point interfaces.
 
To build EPICS on Win95 or NT using cygwin32, we need

        EPICS base distribution, R3.12.0.beta12 or later, available
           from http://aps.anl.gov/...
        The latest cygwin distribution, available from 
           http://www.cygwin.com

BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
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1) Install the cygwin binary release
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2) Install the epics base distribution
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        cp <dirname>\<basereleasename>.tar.gz .
        gunzip -d <basereleasename>.tar.gz
        tar xvf <basereleasename>.tar
        chmod +w -R *
        cd <epicsBaseDir>

3) Set environment variables and path using cygwin32.bat
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        <edit <epicsBaseDir>/startup/cygwin32.bat changing paths if necessary>
        cd <epicsBaseDir>\startup
        edit cygwin32.bat
        <execute cygwin32.bat>
         cygwin

4) Set site specific parms in epics config files
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	cd <epicsBaseDir>\config
	<edit CONFIG_SITE* files>

5) Build epics base
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        cd <epicsBaseDir>
        make

6) Create an example EPICS application (<epicsBaseDir> needs drive letter)
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        mkdir <epicsappdir>
        cd <epicsappdir>
        perl <epicsBaseDir>\bin\cygwin32\makeBaseApp.pl -l
        perl <epicsBaseDir>\bin\cygwin32\makeBaseApp.pl -t example example
        make