Re: some questions

[Heinz-Juergen Oertel <oe at port dot de>]

william metge wrote:
> 
> E-mail : william.metge@free.fr
> 
> I have some questions on Cygwin. Can you help me.
>     thank's
> 
> Sorry for my english !!!
> 
> 1)
>  After installing man package  i get an error like this:
>     $ man <any command>
>       cat: not found
> 
> The following packages have been installed:
> 
> cygwin-1.1.4.tar.gz
> newlib-man-20001013.tar.gz
> bash-2.04-3.tar.gz
> ash-20001012.tar.gz
> gcc-2.95.2-3.tar.gz
> binutils-20000722-1.tar.gz
> fileutils.tar.gz
> make-3.79.1-2.tar.gz
> findutils.tar.gz
> less-358-2.tar.gz
> grep.tar.gz
> man-1.5g-2.tar.gz
> tar.tar.gz
> gzip.tar.gz
> groff-1.11a-1.tar.gz
> shellutils.tar.gz
> diff.tar.gz
> 

you need also textutils-*.tar.gz for: cat,.....


> 2) Is there a tool for reading info files ?

info is part of the textinfo*.tgz package.


> 
> 3) what's differences between /lib/cygwin1.dll and /lib/libcygwin.a ?
> 
cygwin1.dll - the library runnung cygwin programs do use
libcygwin.a - the library you should link your programs with.

> 4) In UNIX world the files with .a extension are archive librairies. Is it
> the same thing for .a files in cygwin directory /lib ?
> 

yes

> A+
> 
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