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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:34:30 -0400
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From: Dave Hanny <dsh167 AT psu DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Extreme newbie here...
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Thanks for the reply!

Well, I think I know what I downloaded was the environment, or 
compiler.  I've got other sources for learning C++, but does the BASH.exe 
sound like I downloaded everything alright so far?

I'm just looking for a free compiler, and I thought Cygwin was one.

Thanks!

At 08:47 PM 6/8/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:43:10PM -0400, Dave Hanny wrote:
> >Hi there!
> >
> >I think I installed it alright, but at win98 start-programs-Cygnus
> >Solutions-Cygwin 1.1.0 (downloaded from the california site) I get a DOS
> >window with;
> >
> >BASH.EXE-2.04$
> >
> >shouldn't I have something else, or some way to choose what directory I
> >need?  Other than getting "g++ -v" and "help" to work I'm totally lost.
> >
> >I'm trying to use different online C++ tutorials, but none seems to mention
> >BASH.EXE as a command line.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated!
>
>The project web page is:
>
>http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
>
>Before you start asking too many questions it might be a good idea to
>familiarize yourself with what is available there and to read the
>mailing list archives.
>
>At any rate, it sounds like you have some misconceptions concerning what
>you have downloaded.  This isn't some kind of development environment
>for doing c++ programming.  It is basically a UNIX emulation environment
>for Windows.  It contains a number of tools including C and C++ but there
>is not much available for teaching purposes if you don't already know UNIX.
>
>cgf
>
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