Linux-like environment for Windows making it possible to port software running on POSIX systems (such as Linux, BSD, and Unix systems) to Windows.

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Cygwin has no watch command?

I installed Cygwin on my Windows XP to use some of its commands. Now I what to check a file every 2 minutes and want to use watch for this purpose but I see that Cygwin has no such command. Is this ...
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Best way to use a shell with Cygwin in Windows 7

I installed Cygwin, to be disappointed that bash by default runs within "cmd.exe". I googled around and found Console2. It's not a particularly well-designed application, as doing adjustments is ...
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groff to PS Conversion

I am very new to UNIX, learning groff with the help of cygwin on Windows XP SP3. I have downloaded groff-binaries from here, but using cygwin, I could not able to re-produce ps files. I have used ...