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Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line

June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Rich Turner

Welcome to the second post in this "Windows Command-Line" series. In this post we'll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

AF_UNIX comes to Windows

December 19, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 12/19/17

sarah_cooley[msft]

Introduction: Beginning in Insider Build 17063, you’ll be able to use the unix socket (AF_UNIX) address family on Windows to communicate between Win32 processes. Unix sockets allow inter-process communication (IPC) between processes on the same machine. Overview: Support for the unix socket has existed both in BSD and Linux for the ...

WSL arrives on Windows Server!

August 8, 2017 Aug 8, 2017 08/8/17

Rich Turner

We are very excited to announce that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now available on Windows Server! (image) Using WSL, Windows Server administrators, devops engineers, developers, etc., will be able to run their favorite Linux tools, apps, and scripts, alongside their favorite Windows admin tools. This will make it easier than ever ...

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