Is it Possible??

[ritwick]

Is it possible that I write my C/C++ program on Windows Xp(Client) and compile it on other Linux system(Server) and get the out put on Windows Xp (Client) using network interfacing between XP and Linux......


If yes than how,any software available or what I have to do for this?

[atreyu]

Of course it is possible, but I'm wondering - what is the target architecture of the C prog you are compiling? If you just want to run it on Windows, check out the Ming C compiler for Windows.

If you want to copy files to/from Windows->Linux, set up the SSH server on the Linux PC (it is probably already installed and running, but you may need to configure the firewall, add a user, etc.) and use an SSH client for Windows, like putty.

There is also FTP and SAMBA (Windows) sharing alternatives that are available on your Linux PC (most likely), but SSH is the easiest to jump right into.
hth

[ritwick]

thanks for giving suck serious concern to my problem......


actually i am want to design an application..The objective of the application is to provide an integrated-development environment comprising of editing, compiling and debugging tools for C-C++ programs on UNIX platform. The project will have a user-friendly GUI which can be run from windows desktop. The project shall support source- file editing and save changes to the UNIX system via FTP connection. The editor will support Syntax highlighting, data type recognition and other features desirable for a program editor. The UNIX system compiler and debugger will be used and the interface to the UNIX host can be established via file transfer or socket communication.

[atreyu]

Okay, then you'll want FTP access to your Linux box? An FTP server package should be available in your Linux distro repos. Often it is vsftpd.

e.g., on yum/RH-based systems:

yum install vsftpd
service vsftpd start

You'll probably have to add users and set up pub/upload dirs, etc.

[Irithori]

This sounds like a ambitious project.
Shall it be as big as Eclipse CDT ?

Other than that,
- userfriendliness doesnt neccessarily equal windows desktop
- ftp for filetransfer seems so.. deprecated in the light of e.g. git´s feature to push to / pull from remote repositorys

[atreyu]

Yes, Irithori is right about ftp. Something like git is probably smarter, though it is too confusing for me. Maybe rsync is a viable possibility, too.