Compiling EPICS on cygwin32 (Windows95/NT)
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Right now this port of EPICS to cygwin32 it is possible to
 
* compile all of EPICS base except c++ files using Cygnus' beta18
  release of the GNU-win32 tools.
 
To build EPICS on Win95 or NT using cygwin32, we need

        EPICS base distribution, R3.12.0.beta9 or later, available
           from http://aps.anl.gov/...
        Cygnus's latest gnu-win32 distribution, available from 
           http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (release b18 or later)
        WindRiver Systems Tornado ( for the vxWorks header files and the
            vxWorks and vxWorks.sym files) (version 1.1 or later)
        Perl,version 5.003 or later, available from 
            http://www.perl.org/CPAN/ports/win32/

Optional items 
    CVS, version 1.9 or later, available from
            http:/download.cyclic.com 
    vim ( Vi IMproved), version 4.5 or later, available from
           http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ 
        

BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
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1) Install the gnu-win32 binary release
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    Download the whole release to get the developemnt tools 

    Run cdk.exe and follow the install instructions.
    Install the release into c:\usr\local instead of the 
    default directory (<systemdrive>:\gnuwin32\b18)
    (The following steps assume that the install location is
        c:\usr\local)

    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 \usr\local\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\bash.exe sh.exe

        
2) Install the perl distribution
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3) Install the epics base distribution
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        mkdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
        chdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
        cp <dirname>\<basereleasename>.Tar.gz .
        gunzip -d <basereleasename>.Tar.gz
        tar xvf <basereleasename>.Tar

4) Set environment variables and path
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        cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
        cygwin32.bat

5) Install tornado
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6) Set site specific parms in epics base/config files
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7) Build epics base
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        cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
        make

8) Create an EPICS application area
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        mkdir <epicsappdir>
        cd <epicsappdir>
        <epicsBaseReleaseDir>\bin\cygwin32\makeBaseApp     <epicsBaseReleaseDir>