Paul, On Monday 27 February 2006 15:25, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Mon February 27 2006 6:09 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I'm already using WinSCP for "work", so why install cygwin? would it give me more functionality?
yes, allows ssh from win box to linux
well, I downloaded it, I'll install it tomorrow, and give it a try, thanks!
You downloaded "it?" Cygwin? It's just like a Linux distribution insofar as it comprises a great many packages totaling hundreds of megabytes of tarballs formatted for the Cygwin installer (which is what I suspect your downloaded, from the main page of cygwin.com). If you did just download the installer, beware that you've got a big download ahead (which must be preceded by package selection, unless you're willing to just go for the whole huge set of packages). Cygwin is quite good and the only way to make Windows usable to those of the Unix / Linux ilk such as myself. I immediately install it on every Windows computer I must use on an ongoing basis.
-- Paul Cartwright
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