http://freebsdwiki.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=PeterHoughton 2026-04-09T11:37:55Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.18.0 http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Category:Cygwin 2011-08-04T16:42:36Z

<p>PeterHoughton: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Cygwin''' is a unixlike environment for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP operating systems. While it doesn't have anything directly to do with FreeBSD at all, the FreeBSD administrator who runs a mixed &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[http://xTiburon.com/ &lt;span style=&quot;color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;&quot;&gt;technology news&lt;/span&gt;] network will likely find many, many reasons to want to use *nix utilities on Win32 computers, such as network backups using [[rsync]], using [[perl]] scripts to automate complex tasks, or make it easy for trusted Windows users to start tasks on the server using [[SSH]] to fire off scripts on the server from a shortcut on their desktop.<br /> <br /> note: to add an article to this category, simply append '''&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Category : Cygwin]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;''' to the end of your article.</div>

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