Cygwin - 5 Downloading Compiling & Installing Nano

Cygwin Provides Linux API functionality and linux shells via mingw.
Linux and unix tools are downloaded from source and compiled via the cygwin installer for use on a windows PC.

A excellent suite of tools to help new developers interested in ANSI C and C++ development in the traditional unix way.

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[sigh2infinity]

you need to magnify yoru screen. no one can read what the heck y ou are typing. its too blurry.

[reecefowell]

@sigh2infinity Thanks, i will be uploading more videos in the near future, in HD for more clarity on my new channel CodeConsortium.

[bamdadkhan]

actually 'tar' does not compress at all. it's 'tape archiver' and comes from the olden days of unix, when you did your backups to tape reels. it creates a large, continuous file from e.g. the contents of a directory.

'gzip' is what does the compression nowadays, thus we have $filename.tar.gz. previously we had the 'compress' command which resulted in $filename.tar.Z, but its ratio is much worse.

[reecefowell]

@bamdadkhan Your right, you can also use bzip (tar.bz) which is as common as gz compressed tar files. But really you can compress your tar archive using any compression routine you like, as long as the person receiving the file has the means to decompress, and also unarchive that format.

[BrothersOfGermany]

I have a little question:

i have this .sh code but i want it in a .bat code:

#echo "You should run this script via this command: nohup ./main.sh &"

k="php ${1}.php"

while [ 1 ]; do $k; done

please help me! :S

[reecefowell]

@BrothersOfGermany I generally don't use DOS scripts or bat script files. I would recommend you look up a tutorial on writing DOS bat script files.

[khunshan]

where is Cygwin - 6?

[poojkhgf]

abt nano, I just chose it from the list of available components when I installed cygwin and it was installed for me.

[merkur32123]

So, in cygwin, you can do root operations as a normal user? CRAZY!

[DonatedBus]

you are awesome man. seriously