-ascii.exe
- dumps the 256 ascii characters to stdout
- using a nice format (GPL)
-
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.
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)
-
-cal.exe
- displays a calendar
- (BSD-no-advert *)
-
-last.exe
- show a listing of the last logged in users
- (GPL)
-
-utmpdump.exe
- give raw output of a utmp (/var/run/utmp) or wtmp
- (/var/log/wtmp) file.
- (GPL)
-
-realpath.exe
- Convert pathname argumen to absolute path, with all
- references to `.', `..', and symlinks resolved.
- (GPL)
-
-ddate.exe
- converts boring normal dates to fun Discordian Date
- (GPL - originally public domain)
-
lpr.exe
can be used to spool to a windows printer
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
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")
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
+
+readshortcut.exe
+ can be used to read information from windows shortcuts (such
+ as target, icon, window state, etc)
+ (GPLv3+)
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.
- (GPL)
-
-col.exe
- Filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in
- the correct order with only forward and half forward line feeds, and replaces
- white-space characters with tabs where possible.
- (BSD-no-advert *)
+ (GPLv3+)
-getopt.exe
- an enhanced command option parser for use in shell scripts. Taken from
- util-linux.
- (GPL)
+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+)
-readlink.exe
- follow symbolic links. Taken from OpenBSD CVS.
- (BSD-no-advert)
+ipck:
+ IPC utility brought over from cygipc.
+ (GPLv3+)
-rev.exe
- reverse lines of a file.
- The rev utility copies the specified files to the standard output,
- reversing the order of characters in every line. If no files are speci-
- fied, the standard input is read.
- (BSD-no-advert *)
-
-column.exe
- columnate lists
- The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are
- filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by
- default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.
- (BSD-no-advert *)
-
-colcrt.exe
- filter nroff output for CRT previewing
- Colcrt provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences for
- terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking is destruc-
- tive. Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dashing `-') are
- placed on new lines in between the normal output lines.
- (BSD-no-advert *)
+cygicons:
+ DLL containing cygwin-related icons
+ (GPLv3+)
(*) originally BSD+advert, but falls under the blanket
conversion to BSD-no-advert, because it was originally
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.
+
+Note3: "ascii.exe" was previously provided by cygutils. However, it
+was removed in version 1.4.8 because the separate ascii package was
+added to the cygwin distribution.
+
+Note4: "realpath.exe" was previously provided by cygutils. It was
+removed in version 1.4.8 because newer releases of coreutils (>=8.15)
+now provide that utility.
+
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