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Cygwin error: "-bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable"

I recently reinstalled Cygwin on my computer in order to get access to several command line elements that I was …

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sudo command not found on Cygwin

I am currently trying to install and update a few packages on a Windows OS. The only matter is that …

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syntax error near unexpected token `$'in\r''

I'm trying to compile the NIST Biometric Image Software, and I have been having trouble all day. I finally got …

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Open a file from Cygwin

Is there an equivalent to OSX open command in cygwin. open opens a file with the default application for that …

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Install Protocol Buffers on Windows

I am unable to find clear instructions to install Google Protocol Buffers (including compiler) on Windows x64 platform. I went …

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cygwin + rsync

I would like to backup a dir in Win XP on a Solaris server via rsync. I installed cygwin but …

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Bash variable assignment and command not found

I have a shell script that will let me access global variables inside the script, but when I try to …

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Best terminal environment for Cygwin/Windows?

Today I run Cygwin with rxvt using the following startup line: rxvt -bg black -sl 8192 -fg white -sr -g 150x56 …

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Using expect to pass a password to ssh

How can I use expect to send a password to an ssh connection. say the password was p@ssword and …

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Git under windows: MSYS or Cygwin?

I plan to migrate my projects over to git, and I'm currently wondering which is the best and / or most …

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