Development on Windows - Drupal 8

[rconstantine]

I am developing in windows for Drupal 8. I have cygwin installed so I can use the bash scripts provided, but the file paths aren't windows friendly. I see that there are multiple nested and branching scripts. Could the paths be made cross-platform compatible, or can they already be used in windows some other way?

[zak-schlemmer]

@rconstantine windows has added bash to both windows server and windows 10 as of recently.
I would recommend trying this method:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
It should be much more likely to work as intended for native linux.

[rconstantine]

I'm still on Win 7. Been thinking of upgrading. Maybe it is time. On Thursday, December 28, 2017, 5:45:02 PM PST, Zak Schlemmer <[email protected]> wrote: @rconstantine windows has added bash to both windows server and windows 10 as of recently. I would recommend trying this method: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about It should be much more likely to work as intended for native linux. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[rconstantine]

This totally worked. The upgrade to Win 10 was slightly painful, but got everything ironed out, I think. The installation of the Linux bit for Windows went just fine. Had to use apt-get to install unzip, and then the bash scripts were able to complete their tasks - the ones I have tried, at least. Thanks! On Thursday, December 28, 2017, 5:51:05 PM PST, ryan constantine <[email protected]> wrote: I'm still on Win 7. Been thinking of upgrading. Maybe it is time. On Thursday, December 28, 2017, 5:45:02 PM PST, Zak Schlemmer <[email protected]> wrote: @rconstantine windows has added bash to both windows server and windows 10 as of recently. I would recommend trying this method: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about It should be much more likely to work as intended for native linux. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[zak-schlemmer]

Great! I'm happy to hear that worked for you.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the OS upgrade also ;)