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In order to be able to use cygwin32, you have to have some unix knowledge, and you have to have some programming skills, why else would you install it if you dont know about unix ?

Fang Wenjign wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a beginner of the 'Cygwin Project 2.0'. I downloaded it with a long time because i was very interested in the function that 'it is possible to easily port many significant Unix programs without the need for extensive changes to the source code'. But after i installed it on my PC and read all the document, it seems I knew nothing about it.
>
> I have a UNIX program 'tcpdump' and all its source. How can I make it a Win32 application with 'Cygwin Project 2.0' ?
>
> Thanks a lot