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Basic differences between Windows NT and Unix

Here's a list of basic differences you should be aware of during cross-platform development on Windows and Unix:
Difference Windows Unix
Datasystem: Pathnames

Concept of diskdrive conventions
File systems would be mounted from `/'
Datasystems: Symbolic Links
unknown
available
Datasystems:
Networkaccess
Datasystem:
Case Sensitivity
no
yes
Datasystem:
valid datanames
All symbols except of "/" can be used in the datanames
Datasystem:
Data access
Access control per UserID / GroupID
Order of data expansion
User ID's

The Shell tool in SNiFF+ is a Unix shell which uses only Unix conventions.

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