Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT 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 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: hcobb AT telegenisys DOT com CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <199902221129.4829101.6@www.web-alive.com> (hcobb AT telegenisys DOT com) Subject: Re: Putting windows last References: <19990222191253 DOT 12255 DOT rocketmail AT send1e DOT yahoomail DOT com> <199902221129 DOT 4829101 DOT 6 AT www DOT web-alive DOT 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 AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com