Linux vs windows

Ed McNierney ed at TOPOZONE.COM
Wed Dec 20 15:09:35 EST 2006


Gary -

We run MapServer on Windows Server 2003 and Linux, and have used both
simultaneously for several years.  We have found no particular difficulties
in moving between the two systems.

The most likely issues would be in file and path name handling.  If you use
relative paths in your map files there may be some risk that they'll behave
differently.  And there is a risk of trouble if you move from a system where
filenames are not case-sensitive to one where they ARE case-sensitive.

But in general we've found no trouble at all.  I would encourage you to be
sure to have the same version of MapServer running on both systems, as there
have been some map file syntax changes over time that might not be
compatible between two different versions.

If you run into specific trouble I'd be happy to try to help - good luck!

     - Ed
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Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
Maps a la carte, Inc. / TopoZone.com
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
Phone: (978) 251-4242
Fax: (978) 251-1396
ed at topozone.com

> From: Gary Watry <watry at STEAM.COAPS.FSU.EDU>
> Organization: COAPS - FSU
> Reply-To: Gary Watry <watry at STEAM.COAPS.FSU.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:14:52 -0500
> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Linux vs windows
> 
> I have several sites up and running on a Windows 2003 server and may
> have to move to a Linux network. How hard is it to change from The
> Windows to the Linux OS for MapServer
> 
> Steve Lime, What would I have to change on your application to  run it
> on Linux
> 
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