[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I understand Cygwin correctly, it is a Linux shell that runs under
Windows.
Uh, sort of.
Cygwin is a GNU environment ported to Windows. You've got your bash,
your GCC, your ls, etc. To make all this work with minimal porting,
there's a Cygwin DLL and library that the compiler automatically links
programs to, which provide POSIX facilities.
Yes, it emulates Linux more closely than any other *ix, but to call it a
"Linux shell" is glossing over a lot of things. It doesn't run Linux
binaries, for one thing.
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