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Re: Where is the manual to manually install cygwin in Windiows 2000


At 02:02 PM 4/20/2002, George Hester wrote:
>Thanks Robert.  I went there.  But it looks as though I have to have Cygwin
>installed to do this.  Let me give you an example:
>
>On this page:
>
>http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/plugin.htm
>
>you will see an example how to get files using CVS.  That worked just fine
>for me.
>
>But on this page:
>
>http://cygwin.com/cvs.html
>
>the directions say this:
>
>"Once you've done that, you need to tell your local cvs software what
>password to use. The password is the word anoncvs :
>
>bash$ cvs login."
>
>As you can see there is a bash shell running.  Will I get into a bash shell
>automatically upon connecting through CVS or do I need Cygwin installed
>first?


No.  This is simply an example using the cvs software that comes with 
Cygwin.  Use this as a guide to what you should do to login to Cygwin's
CVS using whatever local cvs software you have.  Don't take it literally.



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