After looking at this, I think two "intro" pages would be best. Here is
my RFC for intro.3:
INTRO(3) Cygwin INTRO(3)
NAME
intro - Introduction to the Cygwin API
DESCRIPTION
Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for
Windows. It consists of two parts:
A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a UNIX emulation layer
providing substantial UNIX API functionality. This page
describes the API provided by the DLL.
A collection of tools, ported from UNIX, which provide
UNIX/Linux look and feel. This environment is described
in the intro(1) man page.
AVAILABILITY
Cygwin is developed by volunteers collaborating over the
Internet. It is distributed through the website
http://www.cygwin.com. The website has extensive documen-
tation, inlcuding FAQ, User's Guide, and API Reference. It
should be considered the authoritative source of informa-
tion. The source code, relased under the GNU General Pub-
lic Licence, Version 2, is also availalbe from the website
or one of the mirrors.
COMPATIBILITY
Cygwin policy is to attempt to adhere to POSIX/SUSv2
(Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX / The Single
UNIX Specification, Version 2) where possible. Where these
standards are ambiguous, Cygwin tries to mimic Linux.
SUSv2 is available online at:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/
For compatibility information about specific functions,
see the API Reference at:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html
Cygwin is in many ways hindered by the underlying differ-
ences between UNIX and Win32 (for example, a case-insensi-
tive file system), so complete compatibility will probably
never be acheived.
COPYRIGHT
Cygwin is Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
Cygwin is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA.
The GPL is currently available online at:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
AUTHOR
Joshua Daniel Franklin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SEE ALSO
intro(1)
2002 April 05 INTRO(3)
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