UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all

Actually i am new in unix , and i am using "cygwin" software to practice unix, this is the software we can use in windows itself. some comands are working fine but some are not like "clear", also i want suggestion ,is it good to practice in " cygwin" or not

thank u in advance

sanjeev

Which commands are not working ? If you don't do a complete install of cygiwn then this problem occurs. do a complete install. For help go to www.cygwin.com



If you don''t have a unix box to work on then there is no harm using cygwin.

The "clear" command is not portable. Use "tput clear" instead.

For "clear" you need all the X11 Category packages. I had the same issue when I trashed them after XWin.exe kept running into errors, then about a week later I noticed it missing in the rxvt (that's a terminal emulator that, at least with Cygwin, can run with XWindows or without it) that I had kept after uninstalling the xorg-x11 stuff).

You can download them using the cygwin-setup.exe utility with which you installed the parts you have already. Or if it was a Net install, read up on how to add to your downloads by that method.

If you're undertaking to learn the command line, cygwin is, imo, a great place to start. If you're looking to use a Unix/Linux environment as an alternative OS to Windows, I don't recommend it. In the latter instance, if it's your machine and you don't mind setting aside 15 or 20 gigabytes of hard drive space, I strongly suggest something like Wubi, which is a way to get a full graphical Linux, with updates and the latest utilities etc, on a Windows machine without having to erase and partition your boot drive between the two systems.

Just a suggestion.

BZT