Windows 95/98/NT
Roxen Challenger supports Windows NT 4 SP 3 and works as a development
environment on Windows 95 and 98 as well.
Generally, Pike scripts and RXML code can be moved from Unix to
Windows systems more or less directly, but there are a few details to
keep in mind:
- File names. Unix uses a slash "/" to separate components in path
names, while Windows uses backslash "\". However, internally Windows
accepts "/" as a path separator. Unlike Unix paths on Windows are case
insensitive. If a file index.html exists it is impossible
to create a file Index.html. Windows also suffers from
short file names, a file name can always be abbreviated to be 11
characters long. It is therefore often not possible to treat file
names or paths as being unique on Windows, it is usually possible
create another form of the file name or path that will be
accepted.
- There are differences in terms of memory management, user
identities, and file protections. While not generally a problem for
the basic running of Challenger, security issues may need special
attention.
The Roxen Challenger distribution is adjusted for these things, but
third-party modules and user scripts might need some manual
adjustment.
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