Tag Archives: cygwin

How to download Cygwin to install it offline

By Jed | Published: July 6, 2011

Currently the installation of Cygwin requires that we run the setup and point to the nearest mirror site and the setup program will download the packages that you choose. A lot of times I have encountered problems with the connection using the Cygwin setup program. Sometimes it won’t even connect to any server listed.

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Batch file hell

By Jed | Published: February 10, 2009

Once upon a time (mid-80′s, yes I’m that old) I chanced upon my uncle’s book “Microsoft MS-DOS Command Reference”. I grabbed it and was making up batch files in my head even if I did not have access to a PC back then (C64 user here). Then we got a 486 and Wordstar then Windows [...]

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