From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7194B3858C53 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:29:36 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 7194B3858C53 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cs.umass.edu Received: from [192.168.50.148] (c-24-62-201-179.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.201.179]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C649B401F174; Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:29:35 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: A Question about Cygwin To: yingxuemeimei@i.softbank.jp, cygwin@cygwin.com References: <417D80C9-2326-45D6-A795-7F0B277F7328@i.softbank.jp> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <5dea67ad-61ff-6edc-aba6-408d55b80d4c@cs.umass.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:29:35 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <417D80C9-2326-45D6-A795-7F0B277F7328@i.softbank.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:29:37 -0000 On 4/26/2022 8:52 PM, yingxuemeimei@i.softbank.jp wrote: > Toļ¼šthe members of Cygwin > > Hello. > Thank you so much for providing Cygwin. > Sorry to ask a basic question. > > Q. I am going to use Cygwin to grep the files with the command below. As this will be done in my computer, the files will not uploaded to the servers/cloud of Cygwin by Internet. > Is my understanding correct? > command: grep -i -f FileA FileB > Output FileC I agree with Eric - Cygwin does not deal with the cloud directly, though programs running under it can. I suppose an exception would be if your local machine mounts a remote disk drive, and you have Cygwin interact with files on that drive. But it's not like a web browser and web pages that send tracking info to servers behind your back, etc. It's pretty much like Linux. Best - Eliot Moss