Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:54:16 -0500 Message-Id: <199902222054.PAA08896@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: hcobb@telegenisys.com CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com In-reply-to: <199902221129.4829101.6@www.web-alive.com> (hcobb@telegenisys.com) Subject: Re: Putting windows last References: <19990222191253.12255.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com> <199902221129.4829101.6@www.web-alive.com> > I don't see why adding the Cygnus toolkit should require dropping features > already builtin to Windos itself. Cygwin was designed to provide a Unix-like environment under Win32. A unix-like environment expects certain functions, like sort and find, to perform according to the POSIX standards, so we supply them. When you have a mixed environment, you need to choose which version you want by default, *and* be prepared to deal with the problems you'll have when you run scripts which expect the other version. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com