prints a large banner to stdout. From Joerg Schaible.
(GPL)
-namei.exe
- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
- (GPL - originally public domain)
-
-cal.exe
- displays a calendar
- (BSD-no-advert [*])
-
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)
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 [*])
-
-getopt.exe
- an enhanced command option parser for use in shell scripts. Taken from
- util-linux.
- (GPL)
-
-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 [*])
-
-colrm.exe
- remove columns from a file
- Colrm removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard
- input. Output is sent to standard output.
- (BSD-no-advert [*])
-
-mcookie.exe
- generate magic cookies for xauth
- mcookie generates a 128-bit random hexadecimal number for
- use with the X authority system. Typical usage:
- xauth add :0 . `mcookie`
- (GPL - originally public domain)
-
ipck:
IPC utility brought over from cygipc.
(GPL)
-rename:
- flexible file rename utility from util-linux package
- (BSD-no-advert[*])
-
(*) originally BSD+advert, but falls under the blanket
conversion to BSD-no-advert, because it was originally
part of the UCB BSD distro.
University of California on July 22 1999. He states
that clause 3 is "hereby deleted in its entirety."
-Note: "last.exe" and "utmpdump.exe" were previously provided by
+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 1.3.10 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.
+