Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:11:20 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: (OT) Newbie request for Info Message-ID: <20010212111120.F2524@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3A801E7B DOT 57908959 AT nmsu DOT edu> <3A868FC6 DOT 29286 DOT 1EFCE632 AT localhost> <20010211145041 DOT B14319 AT redhat DOT com> <3A86FCFB DOT 3070203 AT nmsu DOT edu> <20010211170411 DOT A14860 AT redhat DOT com> <3A87E0B4 DOT 513830F3 AT yahoo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A87E0B4.513830F3@yahoo.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 08:10:12AM -0500 On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 08:10:12AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:58:35PM -0700, Michael Kelley wrote: >> >The main reason for this mailing on this list is not only am I new to >> >CyGwin but also I am am completely unfamiliar with Cygwin's originating >> >platform (which I have been led to believe is Linux). >> >> Cygwin is an implementation of UNIX-over-Windows. It is not necessarily >> Linux. It does use GNU tools, though, so it is similar to Linux. >> >> >I hoped that You >> >who know could send me to places that were more relavent to Cygwin than >> >to Linux. >> >> We who know try to keep the Cygwin web page up-to-date with whatever >> information we have available. >> >> >I want to learn to use Cygwin to it's fullest. >> > >> >Where can I get the "How To's" and "What Are's" of Cygwin?? >> >> If they aren't available on the web page, then they probably don't exist. >> Have you tried playing with the cygwin environment? Seriously. The best >> way to learn anything on a computer is to play. >> >> >I have a basic understanding of C and come from the Mainframe & Windows >> >environments. I'm not ready to jump straight into Linux/Unix so I see a >> >great chance to learn using Cygwin. >> >> If you're interested in learning about linux/unix, then your best bet is to >> do a to do a google.com search. Since Cygwin is intended for people who >> are already familiar with UNIX, there is no effort made on UNIX tutorials >> for Cygwin. >> >> As an analogy, asking for tutorials for UNIX in a Cygwin mailing list is somewhat >> like asking for a detailed of French history from a Quebec native. Quebec is >> certainly a French-speaking province but it may not be the best place to gain >> an understanding about France. >> >> >Where should someone who doesn't understand the difference between gcc >> >and g++ go to learn what they've got? >> >> The documentation. "info gcc" or "info g++". >> >> >Where should I have gone to find out about using the & when issuing a >> >bash command? >> >> Dunno. Maybe some kind of mailing list. Check out deja.com. comp.unix.shell >> is one newsgroup that deals with bash. >> >> >Basics & beginnings ....... >> > >> >How's about a Newbies mailing list? Where those of us who have NO CLUE >> >can go to learn. >> >> As I said, Cygwin is not intended to be a beginners entry into the wonderful >> world of UNIX. If you are interested in learning about aspects of UNIX, >> check out www.oreilly.com (the site appears to be down now, unfortunately) >> for a number of books about UNIX. >> > >Shouldn't it be www.ora.com? Maybe. I actually did a google search to see where O'Reilly books were mentioned and www.oreilly.com is at the top of the list. FWIW, www.ora.com seems to be down now, too. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple