Timothy,
Please keep your replies on-list. Although, the Cygwin list would
probably be more appropriate for the following...
On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 11:02:16AM -0400, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:
Hi Jason, thanks for your reply
You are welcome.
I don't have any experience with Cygwin, although I did manage to install
it on XP without any problems.
Good.
Where should I go for rudimentary "getting started" information on setting
this up?
It's been six years since I had to "get started" with Cygwin, so all
that I can offer is the standard RTM response:
http://www.cygwin.com/ (Home Page)
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html (User's Guide)
http://cygwin.com/faq/ (FAQ)
(For instance, what is ~ or $HOME considered to be on Windows?)
As on Unix, Cygwin's $HOME is defined in /etc/passwd. If you are using a
local account, then Cygwin's setup.exe should have created the appropriate
/etc/passwd entry. Otherwise, for a domain account, use the following:
$ mkpasswd -d -u $USERNAME -p /home >>/etc/passwd
Additionally, I usually mount my home directory as follows:
$ mkdir -p c:/home/$USERNAME
$ mount -b -s c:/home /home
Note that $USERNAME is your Windows username.
I've used Unix before, and I'm actually more comfortable with that than
Windows so I don't mind getting technical, but a lot of the Cygwin stuff I
have found seems to assume a level of familiarity with Cygwin that I don't
have
Sorry, see above... :,)
Jason
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