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.

Git On Custom SSH Port

My VPS provider recommends that I leave my SSH port to the custom port number they assign it by default (…

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Where can I download an offline installer of Cygwin?

I need an offline installer with most of the utilities commonly needed. Somehow the default installer confuses me with all …

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.ssh directory not being created

To generate the .ssh dir I use this command: ssh-keygen taken from this tutorial: http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/Tutorials/Hadoop/05%20…

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How to check if running in Cygwin, Mac or Linux?

I have a shell script that is used both on Windows/Cygwin and Mac and Linux. It needs slightly different …

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Is there an auto increment in sqlite?

I am trying to create a table with an auto-incrementing primary key in Sqlite3. I am not sure if this …

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Cygwin Make bash command not found

I installed cygwin with all the packages on windows 7 64 bit. For some reason the make command is giving me an …

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Open Cygwin at a specific folder

How can I create a Cygwin shortcut that will open Cygwin at a specific folder? This would obviate having to …

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How do you run a crontab in Cygwin on Windows?

Some cygwin commands are .exe files, so you can run them with the standard Windows Scheduler, but others don't have …

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How do I execute a file in Cygwin?

How can I execute a.exe using the Cygwin shell? I created a C file in Eclipse on Windows and …

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How to crop(cut) text files based on starting and ending line-numbers in cygwin?

I have few log files around 100MBs each. Personally I find it cumbersome to deal with such big files. I …

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