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-Compiling EPICS on cygwin32 (Windows95/NT)
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-
-Right now this port of EPICS to cygwin32 it is possible to
-compile the EPICS base for the cygwin32 Host using Cygnus' beta19
-release of the GNU-win32 tools.
- 
-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/...
-        Cygnus's latest gnu-win32 distribution, available from 
-           http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (release b19 or later)
-        Perl,version 5.003 or later, available from 
-            http://www.ActiveState.com/pw32/
-
-Optional items 
-        CVS, version 1.9 or later, available from
-            http:/download.cyclic.com 
-                  windows-nt  - cvs-1.9.10.tar.gz
-                                patch.exe
-                                win32gnu.dll
-        vim ( Vi IMproved), version 4.5 or later, available from
-           http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ 
-        
-
-BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
-------------------
-
-
-1) Install the gnu-win32 binary release
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-    Download the whole release, cdk.exe, to get the developemnt tools 
-
-    First move out of the way any older versions of gnuwin32
-
-    Run cdk.exe and follow the install instructions.
-
-    Don't forget to create a \tmp dir and setup the \bin dir.
-     (Create a \temp dir if you install cvs.)
-        mkdir \tmp
-        mkdir \temp
-        mkdir \bin
-        cd \bin
-        copy C:\cygnus\b19\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\sh.exe sh.exe
-
-   Install the b19.1 bug fix update to the Cygwin32 library.
-
-   (Optional: Install the GNU-WIN32 compiler replacement from
-    the ECGS project)
-
-2) Install the perl distribution
---------------------------------
-        pw32i316.exe    (Execute and follow instructions)
-
-3) Install the epics base distribution
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-        mkdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
-        chdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
-        cp <dirname>\<basereleasename>.gz .
-        gunzip -d <basereleasename>.gz
-        chmod +w -R *
-
-4) Set environment variables and path using cygwin32.bat
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-        <edit cygwin32.bat changing paths if necessary>
-        cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>\startup
-        cygwin32.bat
-
-5) Set site specific parms in epics base\config files
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-	cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>\base\config
-	<edit CONFIG_SITE* files>
-
-6) Build epics base
--------------------
-        cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>\base
-        make
-
-7) Create an EPICS application area (note forward slashes on perl cmd)
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-        mkdir <epicsappdir>
-        cd <epicsappdir>
-        perl <epicsBaseReleaseDir>/bin/cygwin32/makeBaseApp.pl -l
-        perl <epicsBaseReleaseDir>/bin/cygwin32/makeBaseApp.pl -t example example
-
-