X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <183c528b0807281120y247ba90ge89db0d6a4049921@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:20:20 -0400 From: "Brian Mathis" To: r-trev@fastwebmail.it, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: script In-Reply-To: <20080728161513.GA1532@linux.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080726221147.GA1752@linux.local> <20080727151058.GA3548@linux.local> <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570929B222@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> <20080728161513.GA1532@linux.local> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM, r wrote: > > ok, I'm going to learn to manage basic cygwin-linux features [...] > I saw unlike linux that cygwin does not warn me when there are new [...] > Is there a way ( like in linux ) to send a message to my prompt [...] > > R I think one source of confusion is because of the areas I have highlighted. Don't expect cygwin to be like linux, because it is not linux. It is cygwin. Cygwin gives Windows a "UNIX-like" environment, it does not turn Windows into linux or UNIX. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/