Top "Cygwin" questions

Cygwin is a collection of GNU and other Unix-like FOSS tools which run on MS Windows and provide functionality similar to a GNU/Linux distribution while (mostly) conforming to POSIX specifications.

How to use conda within cygwin

I have Win 7 with Cygwin installed. The cygwin has its own Python 2.7 interpreter. I have installed Miniconda separately for Win 7 (…

python cygwin conda miniconda
How to change the language used within the Cygwin terminal?

When I'm using gcc in Cygwin I'm getting error messages in Russian which, for instance, looks like the following: $ gcc …

gcc configuration cygwin locale
How can I run ctags in a large code base?

Assuming I have a code directory structure as follows: /top /second /core a.pl b.pl c.pl /common d.…

linux vim cygwin vi ctags
How do I send an HTTP POST with curl?

I am attempting to access the Google Search Appliance API: http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/612/gdata/acapi_protocol.…

curl cygwin http-post google-search-appliance
BC command not working in CYGWIN

I have downloaded CygWin(32-bit) and installed (on Windows 7 32 bit System) today to run shell script but i found one …

cygwin bc
Cygwin startup script

How can I run a script inside cygwin after it launches? I want to automatically add some mounts and run …

bash cygwin startup startupscript
Running Windows native commands (e.g. VOL) from Cygwin

I have a CentOS box able to access a Windows box's Cygwin via ssh. I want to run ssh me@…

command-line command cygwin windows-server-2003 volume
Use Cygwin or msysGit version of Git, or both?

I am running Windows 7, I just installed Cygwin for the first time today so I have been playing around with …

git cygwin msysgit
How do I get the F1-F12 keys to switch screens in gnu screen in cygwin when connecting via SSH?

I'm connecting to a desktop running cygwin via SSH from the terminal app in Mac OS X. I have already …

ssh cygwin gnu-screen
How do I get accented letters to actually work on bash?

My bash installation on cygwin doesn't handle accented letters properly. I tried adding set input-meta on # to accept 8-bit characters …

bash cygwin non-ascii-characters