X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <48C4B480.5030003@sellers.com> <48C65571.5020500@sellers.com> Subject: RE: Why is regedit referenced? Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:15:50 +0100 Message-ID: <02d001c9126d$6a84c0b0$9601a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <48C65571.5020500@sellers.com> 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 John Sellers wrote on 09 September 2008 11:53: > Barry Kelly wrote: >> What do you mean by Cygwin? A bash prompt? > I used the shortcut, c:/cygwin/cygwin.bat to run bash. > > As soon as I do this, Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, which can track > applications as well as network activity, informs me that the following > unix bin commands are run: > > bash, id, chmod, tr, hostname, find, sort, echo, grep, uname, and regtool. Well yeh, that's what Cygwin *is*: a bunch of unix bin commands for windows! (Take a browse through the bash startup scripts, /etc/profile in particular does quite a bit of work, and uses regtool to detect your printer settings). > When it happened the first time I could have sworn it was regedit > instead of regtool. I am assuming that what I am seeing is OK, but I > think I will dig down and see what the bash related scripts are > doing....its starting to come back to me now....its been several years > since I used UNIX... Heh, yeh, I think it's all gonna be ok :) > (I've got an OLD IBM manual on my shelf that instructs me on how to > install my 8K board in my PC; and other DOS PC users used to drive me > crazy because nobody understood that there were things called file > directories that one could use instead of putting all of your files and > applications in the main directory.) I'll see your old IBM and raise you a CBM4016 and a Science of Cambridge Mk14! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/