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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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