Reviewing the Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications
The Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA), previously referred to as Interix, fills the gap between development on UNIX platforms and development in Windows. It was written to allow programmers familiar with UNIX to continue to use the most familiar programming tools and scripts, such as grep, tar, cut, awk, vi, and many others. In addition, with limited reprogramming efforts, applications that run on UNIX-based systems can be ported over to the Wintel platform.
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While the SUA is still supported as a feature in Windows Server 2012, it has been officially deprecated by Microsoft, so it is not recommended for installation for new coding efforts. Microsoft provides support to allow ...
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