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What does the "cyg" prefix mean?
I've seen so many cyg prefixed things like cygstart, cygpath, cygwin etc., but what exactly does this prefix mean?
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How to fix broken "newline" from Mac to Windows
I have been given a set of python codes (.py) which were written on Mac. Unfortunately, when I open them on windows (pycharm, notepad, even word), there are no line breaks. I asked for .txt versions ...
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NT to UNIX group mapping in Samba 4
I want to map the NT Group Domain Users to a different UNIX group than users on my Samba 4.7.6 Active Directory Domain Controller, but when I try to do this, it fails as follows:
> net groupmap ...
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Connecting to Multiple Wifi Networks Simultaneously
There are multiple wifi networks available on campus. I have noticed that on the primary network, certain important websites (Google) have extremely long load times. This can be resolved to switching ...
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is it possible to replace a ms-dos command with another one? [duplicate]
I installed msys tools for a c++ programming more unix-like environment. the find command won't replace the native find windows command, which is pretty sad because I have to type in the full path (...
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Robocopy to copy files and folders to and fro between a location on Windows and UNIX
Using Robocopy to copy / move files and folders from one Windows server to another is pretty much a possibility. But can Robocopy be used to do the same across different OS ? i.e. transfer files from ...
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Why are we limited to 255 characters filenames even though we are in the Ghz era ?
Why are current filesystems limited to 255 characters limit for filenames even though hardware have improved drastically over the last few decades ?
Why are we limited to 255 characters filenames ...
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How can I make git bash `which` command work with windows?
If I type which node in git bash in Windows, then I get node's path, but when I type which open, it says it's not found.
The open program is in PATH, but not marked as executable since chmod +x doesn'...
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What is the point of getting software certified for the UNIX Specification? [closed]
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the main advantages for getting your operating system certified for SUSV3 or V4, POSIX, or other UNIX spec? Is there really a distinct advantage to complying to the ...
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How to share putty session/screen with others in same network?
I am working on a windows machine which connects to Linux server, and I feel need of sharing my Putty session (for linux server) with others in my team (remotely located). All of us are in same ...
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How do I create a shortcut on Windows to launch Urxvt w/ Cygwin bash but also with certain options beforehand?
Confusing title, I know. Here's the problem:
To launch Urxvt in such a way that my extensions work, I'd open up Cygwin and use export DISPLAY=:0 and then urxvt. If I launch urxvt just with urxvt then ...
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Linux WBEM client to pull event logs from Windows SCOM Server
I was told by my UNIX team that a wmi/wbem client for Linux called WBEMCLI allows Linux to pull event logs from a windows server given that the right parameters are configured on the linux side.
Now ...
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How to list file names on Windows as the Unix find command?
I'm looking for an equivalent command line on Windows to the following Unix command:
find test -name '*.txt' -print
This command lists every filename which is in the 'test' folder and subfolders, ...
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Is it possible to install OS Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, Fedora Linux?
I'm planning to have 6 operating systems in my laptop. And wanted to have more in the future.
I want to install 2 versions of desktop OS in windows (7 and 8.1) and a server OS in windows (Windows ...
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FTP: Connection Refused
I am trying to transfer files between a Linux PC to a Windows PC. I can ftp the Linux PC with localhost
ftp localhost
prompts for the username and password and the login is successful.
But when i ...
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Little clarity needed about: PC and Mac and Unix
I've always thought that a PC and A Mac were two different computing platforms, not just with in their operating systems (Windows & Mac OS) but different from hardware to thier respective internal ...
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Double directory separators
I wanted to ask about double directory separators, I'm using windows 7 and as i checked there is not problem for example with this string ////\\\//\\\/\ to be used as a directory separator, The ...
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Is Cygwin the easiest way to learn about UNIX/LINUX without dual-booting Linux on Windows Machine? [closed]
As the title suggests, I have installed cygwin on my Windows machine in order to try and learn about UNIX shells and kernels, and how to interact with them. I know that it is pseudo UNIX/LINUX as the ...
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How can I log all my command-line activity?
I just had a Heisenbug that completely disappeared on me. I'm convinced that something funny must have happened when I compiled my program several days or a week ago.
But sadly, my Windows (MINGW) ...
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Is the Windows kernel considered an "application"?
If it is true that all Windows files with the ".exe" file extension are considered "applications", is NTOSKRNL.exe, the Windows kernel, an "application", or is this an exception to the rule? What ...
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How to call and launch EXE from linux \unix side?
I have a build process that runs on Linux and UNIX hosts. It's script -based, and at the end of the process I'd like to run an EXE file (that can run on Windows only... yes I know it's quite weird but ...
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How to create Unix tarball with various file permissions inside on a Windows box?
Could anyone enlighten me on how can I create a regular Unix tarball archive (e.g., tar.gz or tar.bz2) on a Windows box in a way that will mark some files in that archive as "executable" (e.g., with ...
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Linux, Unix, Windows... Is access/modify time relative to system time?
I have searched, but can't find the right terminology.
For example, if today was Friday, and a file was modified on Wednesday, then when I change the system time to Saturday, does the file's mtime ...
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what is the linux cmd to get the SID
If I want to get the SID of a particular user in windows. I would run the following cmd from a DOS windows:
cmd> wmic useraccount get name,sid
example output> kehelly S-1-5-21-3623811015-...
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Data permission: what if adding only write permision to a file?
What if a user got only write access to a file? Is he able to read the file or only to "write"? However, if you can write, you can also read, so this doesn't make sense?
The question is for Unix-like ...
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Samba jobs disappear from Windows spooler
I searched for similar issues to no avail, yet I have multiple systems exhibiting the same bizarre behavior.
Samba jobs printed to Windows printer shares arrive at the Windows workstation, but then ...
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Cygwin file and directory user and group
I use Cygwin as my main development environment on both my home and work computers.
In order to share files between the two computers, I use Dropbox, which is installed in the following folder on ...
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Copying From Windows to NFS: Can The Timestamps Be Preserved?
We have a Linux server that has NFS shares. Some Windows hosts (XP & 7) connect to it via Services for UNIX. I've been told the behavior is different from XP to 7 in terms of file creation dates ...
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Remove middle folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Linux: How to move all files from current directory to upper directory?
I have foo/bar/myfiles and I want foo/myfiles.
I was trying to git clone a repo into foo, but it made ...
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Send a file from Windows to Unix as a nightly schedule
Let's say I have a common directory on a Windows server such as: \\servername\location\common. During the day, any user can come and add/remove files to that Windows directory.
How would I setup a ...
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How to launch Windows EXE from within Linux\UNIX host?
I have a Windows Application that now I got a request to be triggered from within Linux machine. This app is expected to run independently on Windows itself, regardless of sharing info with Linux or ...
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What's the difference between one-dash and two-dashes for command prompt parameters?
I was wondering why is it that some programs requires their command prompt parameters to have two dashes in front whereas some (most) only require one dash in front?
For example most programs look ...
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Windows PowerShell equivalent to Unix/Linux `pwd`?
In follow-up to the cmd.exe question, what is the PowerShell equivalent to echo %cd%, or Linux/Unix pwd?
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How to Mark NTFS filesystem dirty from *NIX/Linux?
Is there any way to mark a NTFS-fileystem dirty using ntfstools/ntfs-3g or any other tool, so it gets chkdsk'd when windows boots?
I know I can do that from windows or the recovery console but I'm ...
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"cd -" equivalent on Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Navigate to previous directory in windows command prompt
Is there an equivalent of Linux's cd - (change to previous directory) in Windows?
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Multiple OS install order
I am currently running Windows 7. I want to install the latest Ubuntu ( which I know I can just install right on top of &) but I also want to install FreeBSD and either Windows Server 2003 (maybe ...
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How to zoom the screen in windows 7 like in linux (Ubuntu)
In linux we can zoom the screen using Windows Key + Mouse Scroll. On windows 7 how to do it
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Can I view the Unix permissions of a file in a .zip archive?
is there a way to view the Unix permissions for a file under Windows?
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Is there a Windows equivalent of the Unix "strings" command?
strings in Unix and Linux extracts printable strings from a binary file. Is there a version of this for Windows? I couldn't find one.
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Linux/Unix in Windows
What would be the best way to get the full-blown Unix/Linux bash inside Windows?
I don't mean the Virtual Machine, but rather only the terminal with mounted NTFS drives.
This way I could use the ...
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Can Windows be as transparent as Unix based systems [closed]
Recently, I've been trying to learn more about the inner workings of Unix. One really great feature I've found about Unix systems and the C programming language, is that there is a great level of ...
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What is Gnome / KDE etc?
I have been on Windows my entire life.
Without getting too technical, what are these things?
When I search on the net, I get some technical results. I simple do not understand what these things are!
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How to convert a text file's line termination from Windows/DOS to Unix? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Convert CRLF’s to line feeds on Linux
I have several scripts that produce a /bin/sh^M bad interpreter error message when they are run. I believe this is because they are ...
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