[gopher] Re: How do I set up a gopher server under windows?

["R.A.Pavlov" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:07:36PM -0500, Trevor wrote:
> 
>>gopher was supported under windows NT server 4.0, and is no longer an 
>>option. you'll have to either regress to NT 4.x, or write your own gopher 
>>server.
> 
> 
> Or, both PyGopherd and Bucktooth are written in languages that run
> natively on Windows.
> 
> We'll never know how well they work unless someone tries 'em...

Bucktooth under Cygwin worked great for me. But you have to comment out
the checks for /etc/services in the install routines since /etc/services
is  a symbolic link in cygwin.

Cygwin seems to be needed anyway, as though Windows has perl, it doesn't
have inetd.


> 
> -- John
> 
>