XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 05:59:54 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > Here is a picture of a Cygwin tree in Windows, under the C: drive.   
   >   
   >    [Picture]   
   >   
   >     https://i.postimg.cc/xCvsKMYT/cygwin-in-windows.gif   
   >   
   > There are EXE files in the bin directory there.   
      
   And you simply run these under Command Prompt?   
      
   > For example:   
   >   
   >    C:\cygwin\bin\dd --help   
   >   
   >    Usage: /usr/bin/dd [OPERAND]...   
   >      or:  /usr/bin/dd OPTION   
   >    Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.   
   >   
   >      bs=BYTES        read and write up to BYTES bytes at a time (default:   
   512);   
   >                      overrides ibs and obs   
   >      cbs=BYTES       convert BYTES bytes at a time   
   >   
   > There is the usual set of utilities there.   
   >   
   > It bears some similarity to this, only with   
   > slight differences on namespace and line endings perhaps.   
   >   
   > https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm   
      
   The usual, he says, that's a lot of utilities! (-;   
      
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