Unix Application Migration Guide (Patterns & Practices)

Introduction

Prior to migrating your source code, there are a number of pre-migration steps that you should take. This chapter looks at these steps and gives guidance on how you should carry them out.

The subjects covered in this chapter are:

• Preparing the code for migration

  These sections show you how you can prepare your code for migration in order to reduce and simplify the changes necessary to migrate the code.

• Migrating scripts

  Most UNIX applications make extensive use of scripts. By migrating your scripts before you migrate your code, you can test the application immediately after the developers have compiled it on the target platform.

The material in this chapter applies to migrations to both the Microsoft Win32 and Microsoft Interix environments.