* Checking Cygwin version (FAQ Alert!) (Was Re: map mouse button 4 or 5 to button 2?) [not found] <4033DF4C.2060008@jhu.edu> @ 2004-02-19 1:59 ` Igor Pechtchanski 2004-02-23 0:42 ` Joshua Daniel Franklin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2004-02-19 1:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree; +Cc: cygwin On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Jeffrey J. Gray wrote: > [snip] > ... and I'm running .... hm, not sure how to check my Cygwin version, > it's probably ~4 months old .... on WinXP. Jeff, Just like on any Unix system, "uname -srv" will return the kernel (in Cygwin's case, cygwin1.dll) version. On Cygwin, you can also use "cygcheck -srv" to get detailed information about your system (essential for diagnosing Cygwin problems, see <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>), or "cygcheck -cd" to just get the versions of all installed packages (or omit the "-d" flag to also check them for integrity). If you post the output of either "cygcheck -srv" or "cygcheck -cd", please *attach* it to your message, rather than including it inline. Igor P.S. I was surprised that this isn't in the FAQ. David, could you please add this, under the heading "What version of Cygwin do I have?" or something? Oh, and BTW, there's a "What version is this, anyway?" entry that has nothing to do with this question, and is pretty confusing. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Checking Cygwin version (FAQ Alert!) (Was Re: map mouse button 4 or 5 to button 2?) 2004-02-19 1:59 ` Checking Cygwin version (FAQ Alert!) (Was Re: map mouse button 4 or 5 to button 2?) Igor Pechtchanski @ 2004-02-23 0:42 ` Joshua Daniel Franklin 2004-02-23 1:07 ` Checking Cygwin version (FAQ Alert!) Igor Pechtchanski 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Joshua Daniel Franklin @ 2004-02-23 0:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree, cygwin On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 06:11:57PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Jeffrey J. Gray wrote: > > > [snip] > > ... and I'm running .... hm, not sure how to check my Cygwin version, > > it's probably ~4 months old .... on WinXP. > > Jeff, > > Just like on any Unix system, "uname -srv" will return the kernel (in > Cygwin's case, cygwin1.dll) version. On Cygwin, you can also use > "cygcheck -srv" to get detailed information about your system (essential > for diagnosing Cygwin problems, see <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>), or > "cygcheck -cd" to just get the versions of all installed packages (or omit > the "-d" flag to also check them for integrity). If you post the output > of either "cygcheck -srv" or "cygcheck -cd", please *attach* it to your > message, rather than including it inline. Or, since all he wanted was the Cygwin version, just "uname -r" or "cygcheck -cd cygwin" would work fine. :) > P.S. I was surprised that this isn't in the FAQ. David, could you please > add this, under the heading "What version of Cygwin do I have?" or > something? Oh, and BTW, there's a "What version is this, anyway?" entry > that has nothing to do with this question, and is pretty confusing. Since David is still AWOL, I guess I've taken over FAQ maintainence too. I rewrote most of the "What version is this, anyway?" entry, removing all the references to the 'recent' (2000 April) switch to setup.exe, and noting the difference between Cygwin the package and Cygwin the system. You can read it at: <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC5> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Checking Cygwin version (FAQ Alert!) 2004-02-23 0:42 ` Joshua Daniel Franklin @ 2004-02-23 1:07 ` Igor Pechtchanski 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2004-02-23 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree; +Cc: cygwin On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 06:11:57PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Jeffrey J. Gray wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > ... and I'm running .... hm, not sure how to check my Cygwin version, > > > it's probably ~4 months old .... on WinXP. > > > > Jeff, > > > > Just like on any Unix system, "uname -srv" will return the kernel (in > > Cygwin's case, cygwin1.dll) version. On Cygwin, you can also use > > "cygcheck -srv" to get detailed information about your system (essential > > for diagnosing Cygwin problems, see <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>), or > > "cygcheck -cd" to just get the versions of all installed packages (or omit > > the "-d" flag to also check them for integrity). If you post the output > > of either "cygcheck -srv" or "cygcheck -cd", please *attach* it to your > > message, rather than including it inline. > > Or, since all he wanted was the Cygwin version, just "uname -r" or > "cygcheck -cd cygwin" would work fine. :) > > > P.S. I was surprised that this isn't in the FAQ. David, could you please > > add this, under the heading "What version of Cygwin do I have?" or > > something? Oh, and BTW, there's a "What version is this, anyway?" entry > > that has nothing to do with this question, and is pretty confusing. > > Since David is still AWOL, I guess I've taken over FAQ maintainence too. > I rewrote most of the "What version is this, anyway?" entry, removing > all the references to the 'recent' (2000 April) switch to setup.exe, > and noting the difference between Cygwin the package and Cygwin the system. > You can read it at: > > <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC5> Looks good, thanks. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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