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[ale] cygwin topics appropriate?
- Subject: [ale] cygwin topics appropriate?
- From: jdp at algoloma.com (JD)
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:06:21 -0400
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cygwin can be clunky. Many of the tools have native replacements, but when I
really need UNIX tools, it is easier to share the folders on the network or
point a VM at it.
I can't recall the last time I used cygwin ... 1999?
However, use Strawberry Perl scripts on Win7 daily. They are automatic.
On 04/16/2014 08:31 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> The "rules" are loose. Cygwin is *nix tools for windows. Sounds good to me.
> Cygwin was very useful to me in '01 but I've not used it since.
>
> On Apr 16, 2014 7:06 PM, "Jeff Layton" <laytonjb at att.net
> <mailto:laytonjb at att.net>> wrote:
> g
> Good evening,
>
> Are cygwin topics appropriate here?
>
> Thanks!