Does Jenkins on Windows still require UnxUtils or Win-Bash?

[Pheckphul]

The Jenkins wiki page for installing Jenkins states "Since Jenkins was written to work on unix-like platforms, some parts assume the presence of unix-utilities. It is advised to install these as well on Windows." It goes on to suggest the use of either UnxUtils or Win-Bash. Does Jenkins on Windows still require "unix-utilities?" If so, what are "unix-utilities?" Does this mean GNU coreutils?

As for UnxUtils and Win-Bash: UnxUtils appears to be abandoned as it hasn't been updated since 2003; the download link on its homepage results in a 403 error. Win-Bash appears to simply be a port of Bash and relies on UnxUtils for the "unix-utilites" that the wiki page says Jenkins relies on. I'm sure there are security vulnerabilities in UnxUtils, though I haven't yet expended the effort to verify my assumption. 

I will appreciate any insight experienced Jenkins on Windows users offer up as I'm a complete n00b to Jenkins. 

[Mark Waite]

I've never installed UnixUtils or WinBash (or cygwin) on any of my Windows agents.  I do install command line git, which already provides some Unix-like commands, but I don't intentionally rely on the bash shell or other Unix-like commands that are part of command line git for Windows.

I don't generally run the master on Windows because I find it easier to upgrade Jenkins versions on Linux computers.  The docker images (as an example) are running on a Debian 8 base operating system.  I haven't installed a long-running Windows master server for several years, so I can't advise if Windows upgrades of Jenkins are now much easier than when I last worried about them.

Mark Waite

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[Pheckphul]

Sorry; I see I wasn't specific enough. I'm asking about installing a Jenkins master on Windows. So, when installing a Jenkins master on Windows, is the "UnxUtils" package still a prerequisite?

[Slide]

Short answer is no.

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[Pheckphul]

Thank you for your answer, brief as it was.  ;-)