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Re: A question on cygcheck
- From: Robert Pendell <shinji+gmane at elite-systems dot org>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:53:05 -0500
- Subject: Re: A question on cygcheck
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> Same reason as strace, I would assume: it's a DOS-based program, not a cygwin one.
>
> I think you mean "it's a MSVCRT-based program" since DOS hasn't existed
> in Windows in the last approx. 7 years.
>
> (And now if I could only get people to stop incorrectly referring to a
> NT/2k/XP/Vista command prompt a DOS prompt... and I also want a pony.)
>
> Brian
>
Well I gave up on that long ago. When I'm on the phone most people
don't even know what a command prompt is so I refer to it as a "black box".
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