Release 1.4.6

[cygwin-apps/cygutils.git] / PROGLIST

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 ascii.exe
   dumps the 256 ascii characters to stdout
-  using a nice format (GPL)
+  using a nice format (GPLv3+)
 
 dump.exe [file]
   hex dump of file to stdout, using a nice
-  format (GPL)
+  format (GPLv3+)
 
 putclip.exe
   copies stdin to the Windows clipboard
   does NOT use Cygwin's /dev/clipboard 
-  Not build unless on a WIN32 platform
-  (GPL)
+  Not built unless on a WIN32 platform
+  (GPLv3+)
   
 getclip.exe
   copies the Windows clipboard to stdout
   does NOT use Cygwin's /dev/clipboard
-  Not build unless on a WIN32 platform
-  (GPL)
+  Not built unless on a WIN32 platform
+  (GPLv3+)
   
-conv.exe / d2u.exe / u2d.exe / dos2unix.exe / unix2dos.exe
-  programs for converting line endings of text
+conv.exe
+  program for converting line endings of text
   files between DOS and UNIX format.
-  (GPL)
+  (GPLv3+)
   
   HEAVILY modified, but core routine is based on 
-  the hd2d-0.5.12 distribution, available here:
+  the hd2u-0.5.12 distribution, available here:
   http://www.megaloman.com/~hany/_data/hd2u/
   by Peter Hanecak.
 
@@ -47,40 +47,61 @@ msgtool.exe / shmtool.exe / semtool.exe / semstat.exe
   with the '-?' option.  Also, see the Linux Programmer's
   Guide -- the IPC chapter is included with the cygipc 
   distribution.
-    These tools can only be built if cygipc is installed
-  and thus are not portable to non-cygwin platforms.  Also,
-  they can only operate properly if ipc-daemon is running.
-  Eventually I'll figure out how to get autotools to NOT 
-  try to build them if IPC services are not available, and
-  I'll figure out how to link/test for libcygipc.a on cygwin
-  and just -lc on linux, etc.
-  (GPL)
+
+  
+  These tools can only be built if IPC functions are 
+  available.  On cygwin, that (currently) means "only if
+  the cygipc package is installed" or "if using a cygwin
+  kernel newer than 1.5.5"
+  (GPLv3+)
   
 banner.exe
   prints a large banner to stdout.  From Joerg Schaible.
-  (GPL)
+  (GPLv3+)
   
-namei.exe
-  follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
-  (GPL - originally public domain)
+realpath.exe
+  Convert pathname argument to absolute path, with all 
+  references to `.', `..', and symlinks resolved. Note
+  that modern coreutils provide 'readlink' with a 
+  canonicalize mode (-f/-e/-m) that operates substantially
+  similar to realpath.
+  (GPLv3+)
 
-cal.exe 
-  displays a calendar
-  (BSD-no-advert *)
+lpr.exe
+  can be used to spool to a windows printer
+  (GPLv3+)
 
-last.exe
-  show a listing of the last logged in users
-  (GPL)
+mkshortcut.exe
+  can be used to create "full featured" windows 
+  shortcuts (as opposed to cygwin-symlinks implemented
+  using .lnk files, which aren't really "full-featured")
+  (GPLv3+)
 
-utmpdump.exe
-  give raw output of a utmp (/var/run/utmp) or wtmp 
-  (/var/log/wtmp) file.
-  (GPL)
+readshortcut.exe
+  can be used to read information from windows shortcuts (such
+  as target, icon, window state, etc)
+  (GPLv3+)
 
-realpath.exe
-  Convert pathname argumen to absolute path, with all 
-  references to `.', `..', and symlinks resolved.
-  (GPL)
+cygstart.exe
+  A command-line tool which allows you to let Windows start a program or open
+  a file or URL in its associated application. It is similar to the Windows
+  command-line start command.
+  (GPLv3+)
+
+cygdrop.exe
+  A command-line tool which allows you to let start a Cygwin or Windows
+  program with a restricted access token. All administrative rights are dropped
+  by default. The tool also provides options for finer control of groups and
+  privileges.
+  (GPLv3+)
+
+ipck:
+  IPC utility brought over from cygipc.
+  (GPLv3+)
+
+cygicons:
+  DLL containing cygwin-related icons
+  (GPLv3+)
 
 (*) originally BSD+advert, but falls under the blanket 
     conversion to BSD-no-advert, because it was originally
@@ -92,3 +113,18 @@ realpath.exe
     University of California on July 22 1999. He states 
     that clause 3 is "hereby deleted in its entirety."
 
+Note1: "last.exe" and "utmpdump.exe" were previously provided by
+cygutils.  However, once the `sysvinit' package was added to
+the cygwin distribution, they were removed.  They are now
+provided by `sysvinit' -- which is where we took them from
+in the first place.
+
+Note2: "cal.exe"   "col.exe"    "colcrt.exe"  "colrm.exe" "column.exe"
+       "ddate.exe" "getopt.exe" "mcookie.exe" "namei.exe" "rename.exe"
+       "rev.exe" 
+were previously provided by cygutils.  However, they were removed in
+version 1.3.0 because the `util-linux' package was added to the
+cygwin distribution, and it provides those utilities.  In fact,
+it was from util-linux that the versions in cygutils were originally
+derived.
+