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Re: Where is the manual to manually install cygwin in Windiows 2000
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: "George Hester" <hesterloli at hotmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:19:33 -0400
- Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install cygwin in Windiows 2000
- References: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C5E9C@itdomain003.itdomain.net.au>
At 02:02 PM 4/20/2002, George Hester wrote:
>Thanks Robert. I went there. But it looks as though I have to have Cygwin
>installed to do this. Let me give you an example:
>
>On this page:
>
>http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/plugin.htm
>
>you will see an example how to get files using CVS. That worked just fine
>for me.
>
>But on this page:
>
>http://cygwin.com/cvs.html
>
>the directions say this:
>
>"Once you've done that, you need to tell your local cvs software what
>password to use. The password is the word anoncvs :
>
>bash$ cvs login."
>
>As you can see there is a bash shell running. Will I get into a bash shell
>automatically upon connecting through CVS or do I need Cygwin installed
>first?
No. This is simply an example using the cvs software that comes with
Cygwin. Use this as a guide to what you should do to login to Cygwin's
CVS using whatever local cvs software you have. Don't take it literally.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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