Warning - old time unix user, unsure windows user newbie question: how do I use cygwin from a dos window, as seen in the example below from the documentation.
Console Mode Applications Use gcc to compile, just like under UNIX. Refer to the GCC User's Guide for information on standard usage and options. Here's a simple example: Example 4.1. Building Hello World with GCC C:\> gcc hello.c -o hello.exe C:\> hello.exe Hello, World C:\> . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/