Unix???? Win32??? Win32 Binary????

[Phalanx]

Hi I was planning to download a program and then it asked me what type I wanted, it had UNIX,WIN 32 and WIN 32 Binary, can someone explain to me what all of these mean as I am a little unsure what they actually are

thx

[scott_d]

Unix would be for systems running Linux, freebsd (i think) and other Unix variants

Win 32 i think would be the one you want....it means Windows 32 bit pretty much

Win 32 Binary is same as above, but I think it's prolly the source code for the program.

If you have windows, then you want the one that's labled Win 32

HTH

[Designer]

Would I be right in thinking that Unix stuff works on Mac's?(they're based on unix arn't they?)

[Statica]

'Win32' & 'UNIX' are usually the source code. On UNIX systems, its preferable to compile a source code and then use it.
'Win32 Binary' is what you should be using if you intend to simply run the program. (The source code is an ASCII, or simple text, file ; while the final executable is a binary file)

Designer: All MAC's arent unix based; OSX is. And again all UNIX based applications need not necessarily run for OSX. Applications for UNIX can be used as a command line; porting to OSX involves the command line component as well as providing a GUI front end for OSX. While on UNIX the GUI is purely cosmetic in that the OS is designed to be functional at the commandline; on OSX the commandline itself was never designed to be used.