Is CYGWIN a unix like environment to run PERL modules?

[Zapa Perl]

Hello,
 
I installed CYGWIN on Win-2000 hoping to have a Linux like environment and run 
PERL.
I was expecting to click on the CYGWIN desktop icon and get a prompt window and 
move on.
but that is not what I got. when I double click on CYGWIN desktop icon 
something flashes
and disappears quickly and no chance of doing anything.
how do I get to CYGWIN prompt window? 
or how do I get to Linux like environment to run my PERL modules?
thank you in advance.
Zapa.

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how do you get the prompt out of cygWIN?

[Zapa Perl]

Hi,
 
I installed cygWIN on win-2000 but I can't figure out 
How to launch cygWIN command prompt window.
how do you get the prompt?
Ciao,
Zapa.


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Re: how do you get the prompt out of cygWIN?

[Zapa Perl]

when I click on cygwin.bat
a window pops up but disappears fast 
not letting to do anything.
what am I doing wrong?
Zapa.

Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Zapa Perl wrote:

> I installed cygWIN on win-2000 but I can't figure out 
> How to launch cygWIN command prompt window.
> how do you get the prompt?

By default, the Cygwin installer adds a shortcut in the programs section 
of the Start menu. Do you see it there?

Also, by default, Cygwin installs in c:\cygwin. There should be a 
cygwin.bat file that you can run from that directory, &/or copy 
elsewhere &/or make a shortcut elsewhere.



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Chris Devers

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