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<ul><li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a><li><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><li><a href="#PREREQUISITES-FOR-COMPILING-PERL-ON-CYGWIN">PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN</a><ul><li><a href="#Cygwin-%3d-GNU%2bCygnus%2bWindows-(Don't-leave-UNIX-without-it)">Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)</a><li><a href="#Cygwin-Configuration">Cygwin Configuration</a></ul><li><a href="#CONFIGURE-PERL-ON-CYGWIN">CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN</a><ul><li><a href="#Stripping-Perl-Binaries-on-Cygwin">Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin</a><li><a href="#Optional-Libraries-for-Perl-on-Cygwin">Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin</a><li><a href="#Configure-time-Options-for-Perl-on-Cygwin">Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin</a><li><a href="#Suspicious-Warnings-on-Cygwin">Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin</a></ul><li><a href="#MAKE-ON-CYGWIN">MAKE ON CYGWIN</a><li><a href="#TEST-ON-CYGWIN">TEST ON CYGWIN</a><ul><li><a href="#File-Permissions-on-Cygwin">File Permissions on Cygwin</a><li><a href="#NDBM_File-and-ODBM_File-do-not-work-on-FAT-filesystems">NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems</a><li><a href="#fork()-failures-in-io_*-tests">fork() failures in io_* tests</a></ul><li><a href="#Specific-features-of-the-Cygwin-port">Specific features of the Cygwin port</a><ul><li><a href="#Script-Portability-on-Cygwin">Script Portability on Cygwin</a><li><a href="#Prebuilt-methods%3a">Prebuilt methods:</a></ul><li><a href="#INSTALL-PERL-ON-CYGWIN">INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN</a><li><a href="#MANIFEST-ON-CYGWIN">MANIFEST ON CYGWIN</a><li><a href="#BUGS-ON-CYGWIN">BUGS ON CYGWIN</a><li><a href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a><li><a href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></ul><a name="NAME"></a><h1>NAME</h1>
<p>perlcygwin - Perl for Cygwin</p>
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h1>SYNOPSIS</h1>
<p>This document will help you configure, make, test and install Perl
on Cygwin. This document also describes features of Cygwin that will
affect how Perl behaves at runtime.</p>
<p><b>NOTE:</b> There are pre-built Perl packages available for Cygwin and a
version of Perl is provided in the normal Cygwin install. If you do
not need to customize the configuration, consider using one of those
packages.</p>
<a name="PREREQUISITES-FOR-COMPILING-PERL-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN</h1>
<a name="Cygwin-%3d-GNU%2bCygnus%2bWindows-(Don't-leave-UNIX-without-it)"></a><h2>Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)</h2>
<p>The Cygwin tools are ports of the popular GNU development tools for Win32
platforms. They run thanks to the Cygwin library which provides the UNIX
system calls and environment these programs expect. More information
about this project can be found at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cygwin.com/">http://www.cygwin.com/</a></p>
<p>A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.</p>
<p>At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.7.16 was current.</p>
<a name="Cygwin-Configuration"></a><h2>Cygwin Configuration</h2>
<p>While building Perl some changes may be necessary to your Cygwin setup so
that Perl builds cleanly. These changes are <b>not</b> required for normal
Perl usage.</p>
<p><b>NOTE:</b> The binaries that are built will run on all Win32 versions.
They do not depend on your host system (WinXP/Win2K/Win7) or your
Cygwin configuration (binary/text mounts, cvgserver).
The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like <i>/usr/local</i>.
However, your host system and Cygwin configuration will affect Perl's
runtime behavior (see <a href="#TEST">TEST</a>).</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="*-PATH"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">PATH</span></code>
</b>
<p>Set the <code class="inline"><span class="w">PATH</span></code>
environment variable so that Configure finds the Cygwin
versions of programs. Any not-needed Windows directories should be removed or
moved to the end of your <code class="inline"><span class="w">PATH</span></code>
.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-_nroff_"></a><b><i>nroff</i></b>
<p>If you do not have <i>nroff</i> (which is part of the <i>groff</i> package),
Configure will <b>not</b> prompt you to install <i>man</i> pages.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="CONFIGURE-PERL-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>The default options gathered by Configure with the assistance of
<i>hints/cygwin.sh</i> will build a Perl that supports dynamic loading
(which requires a shared <i>cygperl5_16.dll</i>).</p>
<p>This will run Configure and keep a record:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> ./Configure 2>&1 | tee log.configure</li></ol></pre><p>If you are willing to accept all the defaults run Configure with <b>-de</b>.
However, several useful customizations are available.</p>
<a name="Stripping-Perl-Binaries-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin</h2>
<p>It is possible to strip the EXEs and DLLs created by the build process.
The resulting binaries will be significantly smaller. If you want the
binaries to be stripped, you can either add a <b>-s</b> option when Configure
prompts you,</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [none] -s</li><li> Any special flags to pass to g++ to create a dynamically loaded library?</li><li> [none] -s</li><li> Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s</li></ol></pre><p>or you can edit <i>hints/cygwin.sh</i> and uncomment the relevant variables
near the end of the file.</p>
<a name="Optional-Libraries-for-Perl-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin</h2>
<p>Several Perl functions and modules depend on the existence of
some optional libraries. Configure will find them if they are
installed in one of the directories listed as being used for library
searches. Pre-built packages for most of these are available from
the Cygwin installer.</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="*--lcrypt"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">lcrypt</span></code>
</b>
<p>The crypt package distributed with Cygwin is a Linux compatible 56-bit
DES crypt port by Corinna Vinschen.</p>
<p>Alternatively, the crypt libraries in GNU libc have been ported to Cygwin.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--lgdbm_compat-(use-GDBM_File)"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">lgdbm_compat</span></code>
(<code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> <span class="w">GDBM_File</span></code>
)</b>
<p>GDBM is available for Cygwin.</p>
<p>NOTE: The GDBM library only works on NTFS partitions.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--ldb-(use-DB_File)"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">ldb</span></code>
(<code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> <span class="w">DB_File</span></code>
)</b>
<p>BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin.</p>
<p>NOTE: The BerkeleyDB library only completely works on NTFS partitions.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-cygserver-(use-IPC%3a%3aSysV)"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">cygserver</span></code>
(<code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> <span class="w">IPC::SysV</span></code>
)</b>
<p>A port of SysV IPC is available for Cygwin.</p>
<p>NOTE: This has <b>not</b> been extensively tested. In particular,
<code class="inline"><span class="w">d_semctl_semun</span></code>
is undefined because it fails a Configure test
and on Win9x the <i>shm*()</i> functions seem to hang. It also creates
a compile time dependency because <i>perl.h</i> includes <i><sys/ipc.h</i>>
and <i><sys/sem.h</i>> (which will be required in the future when compiling
CPAN modules). CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED!</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--lutil"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">lutil</span></code>
</b>
<p>Included with the standard Cygwin netrelease is the inetutils package
which includes libutil.a.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="Configure-time-Options-for-Perl-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin</h2>
<p>The <i>INSTALL</i> document describes several Configure-time options. Some of
these will work with Cygwin, others are not yet possible. Also, some of
these are experimental. You can either select an option when Configure
prompts you or you can define (undefine) symbols on the command line.</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="*--Uusedl"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Uusedl</span></code>
</b>
<p>Undefining this symbol forces Perl to be compiled statically.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Dusemymalloc"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Dusemymalloc</span></code>
</b>
<p>By default Perl does not use the <code class="inline"><span class="i">malloc</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
included with the Perl source,
because it was slower and not entirely thread-safe. If you want to force
Perl to build with the old -Dusemymalloc define this.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Uuseperlio"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Uuseperlio</span></code>
</b>
<p>Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction. PerlIO is now the
default; it is not recommended to disable PerlIO.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Dusemultiplicity"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Dusemultiplicity</span></code>
</b>
<p>Multiplicity is required when embedding Perl in a C program and using
more than one interpreter instance. This is only required when you build
a not-threaded perl with <code class="inline">-<span class="w">Uuseithreads</span></code>
.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Uuse64bitint"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Uuse64bitint</span></code>
</b>
<p>By default Perl uses 64 bit integers. If you want to use smaller 32 bit
integers, define this symbol.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Duselongdouble"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Duselongdouble</span></code>
</b>
<p><i>gcc</i> supports long doubles (12 bytes). However, several additional
long double math functions are necessary to use them within Perl
(<i>{atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l,
strtold</i>).
These are <b>not</b> yet available with newlib, the Cygwin libc.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Uuseithreads"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Uuseithreads</span></code>
</b>
<p>Define this symbol if you want not-threaded faster perl.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Duselargefiles"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Duselargefiles</span></code>
</b>
<p>Cygwin uses 64-bit integers for internal size and position calculations,
this will be correctly detected and defined by Configure.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*--Dmksymlinks"></a><b><code class="inline">-<span class="w">Dmksymlinks</span></code>
</b>
<p>Use this to build perl outside of the source tree. Details can be
found in the <i>INSTALL</i> document. This is the recommended way to
build perl from sources.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="Suspicious-Warnings-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin</h2>
<p>You may see some messages during Configure that seem suspicious.</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="*-Win9x-and-d_eofnblk"></a><b>Win9x and <code class="inline"><span class="w">d_eofnblk</span></code>
</b>
<p>Win9x does not correctly report <code class="inline"><span class="w">EOF</span></code>
with a non-blocking read on a
closed pipe. You will see the following messages:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> But it also returns -1 to signal EOF, so be careful!</li><li> WARNING: you can't distinguish between EOF and no data!</li><li></li><li> *** WHOA THERE!!! ***</li><li> The recommended value for $d_eofnblk on this machine was "define"!</li><li> Keep the recommended value? [y]</li></ol></pre><p>At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended
value.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-Compiler%2fPreprocessor-defines"></a><b>Compiler/Preprocessor defines</b>
<p>The following error occurs because of the Cygwin <code class="inline"><span class="c">#define</span></code>
of
<code class="inline"><span class="w">_LONG_DOUBLE</span></code>
:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define...</li><li> try.c:<line#>: missing binary operator</li></ol></pre><p>This failure does not seem to cause any problems. With older gcc
versions, "parse error" is reported instead of "missing binary
operator".</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="MAKE-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>MAKE ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>Simply run <i>make</i> and wait:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">make</span> <span class="n">2</span>><span class="i">&1</span> | <span class="w">tee</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/log.html">log</a>.<span class="w">make</span></li></ol></pre><a name="TEST-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>TEST ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>There are two steps to running the test suite:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> make test 2>&1 | tee log.make-test</li><li></li><li> cd t; ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness</li></ol></pre><p>The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when
running as <code class="inline">./perl harness</code>.</p>
<p>Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin
configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always
attempted and explainable test failures are documented. It is possible
for Perl to pass all the tests, but it is more likely that some tests
will fail for one of the reasons listed below.</p>
<a name="File-Permissions-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>File Permissions on Cygwin</h2>
<p>UNIX file permissions are based on sets of mode bits for
{read,write,execute} for each {user,group,other}. By default Cygwin
only tracks the Win32 read-only attribute represented as the UNIX file
user write bit (files are always readable, files are executable if they
have a <i>.{com,bat,exe}</i> extension or begin with <code class="inline"><span class="c">#!</span></code>
, directories are
always readable and executable). On WinNT with the <i>ntea</i> <code class="inline"><span class="w">CYGWIN</span></code>
setting, the additional mode bits are stored as extended file attributes.
On WinNT with the default <i>ntsec</i> <code class="inline"><span class="w">CYGWIN</span></code>
setting, permissions use the
standard WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
these options, these tests will fail (listing not updated yet):</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> Failed Test List of failed</li><li> ------------------------------------</li><li> io/fs.t 5, 7, 9-10</li><li> lib/anydbm.t 2</li><li> lib/db-btree.t 20</li><li> lib/db-hash.t 16</li><li> lib/db-recno.t 18</li><li> lib/gdbm.t 2</li><li> lib/ndbm.t 2</li><li> lib/odbm.t 2</li><li> lib/sdbm.t 2</li><li> op/stat.t 9, 20 (.tmp not an executable extension)</li></ol></pre><a name="NDBM_File-and-ODBM_File-do-not-work-on-FAT-filesystems"></a><h2>NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems</h2>
<p>Do not use NDBM_File or ODBM_File on FAT filesystem. They can be
built on a FAT filesystem, but many tests will fail:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> ../ext/NDBM_File/ndbm.t 13 3328 71 59 83.10% 1-2 4 16-71</li><li> ../ext/ODBM_File/odbm.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ??</li><li> ../lib/AnyDBM_File.t 2 512 12 2 16.67% 1 4</li><li> ../lib/Memoize/t/errors.t 0 139 11 5 45.45% 7-11</li><li> ../lib/Memoize/t/tie_ndbm.t 13 3328 4 4 100.00% 1-4</li><li> run/fresh_perl.t 97 1 1.03% 91</li></ol></pre><p>If you intend to run only on FAT (or if using AnyDBM_File on FAT),
run Configure with the -Ui_ndbm and -Ui_dbm options to prevent
NDBM_File and ODBM_File being built.</p>
<p>With NTFS (and no CYGWIN=nontsec), there should be no problems even if
perl was built on FAT.</p>
<a name="fork()-failures-in-io_*-tests"></a><h2><code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/fork.html">fork()</a></code> failures in io_* tests</h2>
<p>A <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/fork.html">fork()</a></code> failure may result in the following tests failing:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">io_multihomed</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">io_sock</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">IO</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">io_unix</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li></ol></pre><p>See comment on fork in <a href="#Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a> below.</p>
<a name="Specific-features-of-the-Cygwin-port"></a><h1>Specific features of the Cygwin port</h1>
<a name="Script-Portability-on-Cygwin"></a><h2>Script Portability on Cygwin</h2>
<p>Cygwin does an outstanding job of providing UNIX-like semantics on top of
Win32 systems. However, in addition to the items noted above, there are
some differences that you should know about. This is a very brief guide
to portability, more information can be found in the Cygwin documentation.</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="*-Pathnames"></a><b>Pathnames</b>
<p>Cygwin pathnames are separated by forward (<i>/</i>) slashes, Universal
Naming Codes (<i>//UNC</i>) are also supported Since cygwin-1.7 non-POSIX
pathnames are discouraged. Names may contain all printable
characters.</p>
<p>File names are case insensitive, but case preserving. A pathname that
contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname, and not
subject to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames, but
cygwin will warn you, so better convert them to POSIX.</p>
<p>For conversion we have <code class="inline"><span class="i">Cygwin::win_to_posix_path</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
and
<code class="inline"><span class="i">Cygwin::posix_to_win_path</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
.</p>
<p>Since cygwin-1.7 pathnames are UTF-8 encoded.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-Text%2fBinary"></a><b>Text/Binary</b>
<p>Since cygwin-1.7 textmounts are deprecated and strongly discouraged.</p>
<p>When a file is opened it is in either text or binary mode. In text mode
a file is subject to CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations. With Cygwin, the default
mode for an <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/open.html">open()</a></code> is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
the file. See <a href="#Cygwin%3a%3ais_binmount">Cygwin::is_binmount</a>(). Perl provides a <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/binmode.html">binmode()</a></code> function
to set binary mode on files that otherwise would be treated as text.
<code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/sysopen.html">sysopen()</a></code> with the <code class="inline"><span class="w">O_TEXT</span></code>
flag sets text mode on files that otherwise
would be treated as binary:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <a class="l_k" href="functions/sysopen.html">sysopen</a><span class="s">(</span><span class="w">FOO</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="q">"bar"</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="w">O_WRONLY</span>|<span class="w">O_CREAT</span>|<span class="w">O_TEXT</span><span class="s">)</span></li></ol></pre><p><code class="inline"><span class="i">lseek</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
, <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/tell.html">tell()</a></code> and <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/sysseek.html">sysseek()</a></code> only work with files opened in binary
mode.</p>
<p>The text/binary issue is covered at length in the Cygwin documentation.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-PerlIO"></a><b>PerlIO</b>
<p>PerlIO overrides the default Cygwin Text/Binary behaviour. A file will
always be treated as binary, regardless of the mode of the mount it lives
on, just like it is in UNIX. So CR/LF translation needs to be requested in
either the <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/open.html">open()</a></code> call like this:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <a class="l_k" href="functions/open.html">open</a><span class="s">(</span><span class="w">FH</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="q">">:crlf"</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="q">"out.txt"</span><span class="s">)</span><span class="sc">;</span></li></ol></pre><p>which will do conversion from LF to CR/LF on the output, or in the
environment settings (add this to your .bashrc):</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">export</span> <span class="w">PERLIO</span>=<span class="w">crlf</span></li></ol></pre><p>which will pull in the crlf PerlIO layer which does LF -> CRLF conversion
on every output generated by perl.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-_.exe_"></a><b><i>.exe</i></b>
<p>The Cygwin <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/stat.html">stat()</a></code>, <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/lstat.html">lstat()</a></code> and <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/readlink.html">readlink()</a></code> functions make the <i>.exe</i>
extension transparent by looking for <i>foo.exe</i> when you ask for <i>foo</i>
(unless a <i>foo</i> also exists). Cygwin does not require a <i>.exe</i>
extension, but <i>gcc</i> adds it automatically when building a program.
However, when accessing an executable as a normal file (e.g., <i>cp</i>
in a makefile) the <i>.exe</i> is not transparent. The <i>install</i> program
included with Cygwin automatically appends a <i>.exe</i> when necessary.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-Cygwin-vs.-Windows-process-ids"></a><b>Cygwin vs. Windows process ids</b>
<p>Cygwin processes have their own pid, which is different from the
underlying windows pid. Most posix compliant Proc functions expect
the cygwin pid, but several Win32::Process functions expect the
winpid. E.g. <code class="inline"><span class="i">$$</span></code>
is the cygwin pid of <i>/usr/bin/perl</i>, which is not
the winpid. Use <code class="inline"><span class="i">Cygwin::pid_to_winpid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
and <code class="inline"><span class="i">Cygwin::winpid_to_pid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
to translate between them.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-Cygwin-vs.-Windows-errors"></a><b>Cygwin vs. Windows errors</b>
<p>Under Cygwin, $^E is the same as $!. When using <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Win32">Win32 API Functions</a>,
use <code class="inline"><span class="i">Win32::GetLastError</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
to get the last Windows error.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-rebase-errors-on-fork-or-system"></a><b>rebase errors on fork or system</b>
<p>Using <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/fork.html">fork()</a></code> or <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/system.html">system()</a></code> out to another perl after loading multiple dlls
may result on a DLL baseaddress conflict. The internal cygwin error
looks like like the following:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="n">0</span> <span class="s">[</span><span class="w">main</span><span class="s">]</span> <span class="w">perl</span> <span class="n">8916</span> <span class="w">child_info_fork::abort</span><span class="co">:</span> <span class="w">data</span> <span class="w">segment</span> <span class="w">start</span><span class="co">:</span> <span class="i">parent</span></li><li> <span class="s">(</span><span class="n">0xC1A000</span><span class="s">)</span> != <span class="i">child</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="n">0xA6A000</span><span class="s">)</span></li></ol></pre><p>or:</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="n">183</span> <span class="s">[</span><span class="w">main</span><span class="s">]</span> <span class="w">perl</span> <span class="n">3588</span> <span class="w">C</span><span class="co">:</span>\<span class="w">cygwin</span>\<span class="w">bin</span>\<span class="w">perl</span>.<span class="w">exe</span><span class="co">:</span> <span class="i">**</span>* <span class="w">fatal</span> <span class="w">error</span> - <span class="w">unable</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">remap</span></li><li> <span class="w">C</span><span class="co">:</span>\<span class="w">cygwin</span>\<span class="w">bin</span>\<span class="w">cygsvn_subr</span>-<span class="n">1</span>-<span class="n">0.</span><span class="w">dll</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">same</span> <span class="w">address</span> <span class="w">as</span> <span class="i">parent</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="n">0x6FB30000</span><span class="s">)</span> != <span class="n">0x6FE60000</span></li><li> <span class="n">46</span> <span class="s">[</span><span class="w">main</span><span class="s">]</span> <span class="w">perl</span> <span class="n">3488</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/fork.html">fork</a><span class="co">:</span> <span class="w">child</span> <span class="n">3588</span> - <span class="w">died</span> <span class="w">waiting</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/for.html">for</a> <span class="w">dll</span> <span class="w">loading</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="w">errno11</span></li></ol></pre><p>See <a href="http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures">http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures</a>
It helps if not too many DLLs are loaded in memory so the available address space is larger,
e.g. stopping the MS Internet Explorer might help.</p>
<p>Use the perlrebase or rebase utilities to resolve the conflicting dll addresses.
The rebase package is included in the Cygwin setup. Use <i>setup.exe</i>
from <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe">http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe</a> to install it.</p>
<p>1. kill all perl processes and run <code class="inline"><span class="w">perlrebase</span></code>
or</p>
<p>2. kill all cygwin processes and services, start dash from cmd.exe and run <code class="inline"><span class="w">rebaseall</span></code>
.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-chown()"></a><b><code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/chown.html">chown()</a></code></b>
<p>On WinNT <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/chown.html">chown()</a></code> can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/chown.html">chown()</a></code>
is a no-op, although this is appropriate since there is no security model.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="*-Miscellaneous"></a><b>Miscellaneous</b>
<p>File locking using the <code class="inline"><span class="w">F_GETLK</span></code>
command to <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/fcntl.html">fcntl()</a></code> is a stub that
returns <code class="inline"><span class="w">ENOSYS</span></code>
.</p>
<p>Win9x can not <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/rename.html">rename()</a></code> an open file (although WinNT can).</p>
<p>The Cygwin <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="functions/chroot.html">chroot()</a></code> implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
access by native Win32 programs).</p>
<p>Inplace editing <code class="inline"><span class="w">perl</span> -<span class="w">i</span></code>
of files doesn't work without doing a backup
of the file being edited <code class="inline"><span class="w">perl</span> -<span class="w">i</span>.<span class="w">bak</span></code>
because of windowish restrictions,
therefore Perl adds the suffix <code class="inline">.bak</code> automatically if you use <code class="inline"><span class="w">perl</span> -<span class="w">i</span></code>
without specifying a backup extension.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="Prebuilt-methods%3a"></a><h2>Prebuilt methods:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a name="Cwd%3a%3acwd"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cwd::cwd</span></code>
</b>
<p>Returns the current working directory.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3apid_to_winpid"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::pid_to_winpid</span></code>
</b>
<p>Translates a cygwin pid to the corresponding Windows pid (which may or
may not be the same).</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3awinpid_to_pid"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::winpid_to_pid</span></code>
</b>
<p>Translates a Windows pid to the corresponding cygwin pid (if any).</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3awin_to_posix_path"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::win_to_posix_path</span></code>
</b>
<p>Translates a Windows path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3aposix_to_win_path"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::posix_to_win_path</span></code>
</b>
<p>Translates a cygwin path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3amount_table()"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="i">Cygwin::mount_table</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
</b>
<p>Returns an array of [mnt_dir, mnt_fsname, mnt_type, mnt_opts].</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> perl -e 'for $i (Cygwin::mount_table) {print join(" ",@$i),"\n";}'</li><li> /bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode,cygexec</li><li> /usr/bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode</li><li> /usr/lib c:\cygwin\lib system binmode</li><li> / c:\cygwin system binmode</li><li> /cygdrive/c c: system binmode,noumount</li><li> /cygdrive/d d: system binmode,noumount</li><li> /cygdrive/e e: system binmode,noumount</li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3amount_flags"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::mount_flags</span></code>
</b>
<p>Returns the mount type and flags for a specified mount point.
A comma-separated string of mntent->mnt_type (always
"system" or "user"), then the mntent->mnt_opts, where
the first is always "binmode" or "textmode".</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <a class="l_k" href="functions/system.html">system</a>|<span class="w">user</span><span class="cm">,</span><a class="l_k" href="functions/binmode.html">binmode</a>|<span class="w">textmode</span><span class="cm">,</span><a class="l_k" href="functions/exec.html">exec</a><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">cygexec</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">cygdrive</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">mixed</span><span class="cm">,</span></li><li> <span class="w">notexec</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">managed</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">nosuid</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">devfs</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">proc</span><span class="cm">,</span><span class="w">noumount</span></li></ol></pre><p>If the argument is "/cygdrive", then just the volume mount settings,
and the cygdrive mount prefix are returned.</p>
<p>User mounts override system mounts.</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/usr/bin"'</li><li> system,binmode,cygexec</li><li> $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/cygdrive"'</li><li> binmode,cygdrive,/cygdrive</li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3ais_binmount"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::is_binmount</span></code>
</b>
<p>Returns true if the given cygwin path is binary mounted, false if the
path is mounted in textmode.</p>
</li>
<li><a name="Cygwin%3a%3async_winenv"></a><b><code class="inline"><span class="w">Cygwin::sync_winenv</span></code>
</b>
<p>Cygwin does not initialize all original Win32 environment variables.
See the bottom of this page <a href="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html">http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html</a>
for "Restricted Win32 environment".</p>
<p>Certain Win32 programs called from cygwin programs might need some environment
variable, such as e.g. ADODB needs %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%.
Call Cygwin::sync_winenv() to copy all Win32 environment variables to your
process and note that cygwin will warn on every encounter of non-POSIX paths.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="INSTALL-PERL-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>This will install Perl, including <i>man</i> pages.</p>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">make</span> <span class="w">install</span> <span class="n">2</span>><span class="i">&1</span> | <span class="w">tee</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/log.html">log</a>.<span class="w">make</span>-<span class="w">install</span></li></ol></pre><p>NOTE: If <code class="inline"><span class="w">STDERR</span></code>
is redirected <code class="inline"><span class="w">make</span> <span class="w">install</span></code>
will <b>not</b> prompt
you to install <i>perl</i> into <i>/usr/bin</i>.</p>
<p>You may need to be <i>Administrator</i> to run <code class="inline"><span class="w">make</span> <span class="w">install</span></code>
. If you
are not, you must have write access to the directories in question.</p>
<p>Information on installing the Perl documentation in HTML format can be
found in the <i>INSTALL</i> document.</p>
<a name="MANIFEST-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>MANIFEST ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>These are the files in the Perl release that contain references to Cygwin.
These very brief notes attempt to explain the reason for all conditional
code. Hopefully, keeping this up to date will allow the Cygwin port to
be kept as clean as possible.</p>
<ul>
<li><a name="Documentation"></a><b>Documentation</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">INSTALL</span> <span class="w">README</span>.<span class="w">cygwin</span> <span class="w">README</span>.<span class="w">win32</span> <span class="w">MANIFEST</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perlport</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perlfaq3</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perldelta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl5004delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl56delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl561delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl570delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl572delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl573delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl58delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl581delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perl590delta</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perlhist</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perlmodlib</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perltoc</span>.<span class="w">pod</span> <span class="w">Porting</span>/<span class="w">Glossary</span> <span class="w">pod</span>/<span class="w">perlgit</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">Porting</span>/<span class="w">checkAUTHORS</span>.<span class="w">pl</span></li><li> <span class="w">dist</span>/<span class="w">Cwd</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Raw</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Raw</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">README</span> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">DB_File</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Encode</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Sys</span>-<span class="w">Syslog</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Time</span>-<span class="w">HiRes</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32API</span>-<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">CBuilder</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">NOTES</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">PATCHING</span> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">README</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Ping</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Test</span>/<span class="w">Harness</span>/<span class="w">Changes</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span><span class="q">/Term/</span><span class="w">ANSIColor</span>/<span class="w">ChangeLog</span> <span class="w">lib</span><span class="q">/Term/</span><span class="w">ANSIColor</span>/<span class="w">README</span> <span class="w">README</span>.<span class="w">symbian</span></li><li> <span class="w">symbian</span>/<span class="w">TODO</span></li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Build%2c-Configure%2c-Make%2c-Install"></a><b>Build, Configure, Make, Install</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> cygwin/Makefile.SHs</li><li> ext/IPC/SysV/hints/cygwin.pl</li><li> ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl</li><li> ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl</li><li> hints/cygwin.sh</li><li> Configure - help finding hints from uname,</li><li> shared libperl required for dynamic loading</li><li> Makefile.SH Cross/Makefile-cross-SH</li><li> - linklibperl</li><li> Porting/patchls - cygwin in port list</li><li> installman - man pages with :: translated to .</li><li> installperl - install dll, install to 'pods'</li><li> makedepend.SH - uwinfix</li><li> regen_lib.pl - file permissions</li><li></li><li> NetWare/Makefile</li><li> plan9/mkfile</li><li> symbian/sanity.pl symbian/sisify.pl</li><li> hints/uwin.sh</li><li> vms/descrip_mms.template</li><li> win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk</li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Tests"></a><b>Tests</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> t/io/fs.t - no file mode checks if not ntsec</li><li> skip rename() check when not check_case:relaxed</li><li> t/io/tell.t - binmode</li><li> t/lib/cygwin.t - builtin cygwin function tests</li><li> t/op/groups.t - basegroup has ID = 0</li><li> t/op/magic.t - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe//</li><li> t/op/stat.t - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk</li><li> (cache manager sometimes preserves ctime of file</li><li> previously created and deleted), no -u (setuid)</li><li> t/op/taint.t - can't use empty path under Cygwin Perl</li><li> t/op/time.t - no tzset()</li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Compiled-Perl-Source"></a><b>Compiled Perl Source</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> EXTERN.h - __declspec(dllimport)</li><li> XSUB.h - __declspec(dllexport)</li><li> cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn, and several Cygwin:: functions)</li><li> perl.c - os_extras, -i.bak</li><li> perl.h - binmode</li><li> doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open</li><li> pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, init _pwent_struct.pw_comment</li><li> util.c - use setenv</li><li> util.h - PERL_FILE_IS_ABSOLUTE macro</li><li> pp.c - Comment about Posix vs IEEE math under Cygwin</li><li> perlio.c - CR/LF mode</li><li> perliol.c - Comment about EXTCONST under Cygwin</li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Compiled-Module-Source"></a><b>Compiled Module Source</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Raw</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">Makefile</span>.<span class="w">PL</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Can't</span> <span class="w">install</span> <span class="w">via</span> <span class="w">CPAN</span> <span class="w">shell</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Raw</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">zlib</span>-<span class="w">src</span>/<span class="w">zutil</span>.<span class="w">h</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Cygwin</span> <span class="w">is</span> <span class="w">Unix</span>-<span class="w">like</span> and <span class="w">has</span> <span class="w">vsnprintf</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Errno</span>/<span class="w">Errno_pm</span>.<span class="w">PL</span> - <span class="w">Special</span> <span class="w">handling</span> for <span class="w">Win32</span> <span class="w">Perl</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">POSIX</span>/<span class="w">POSIX</span>.<span class="w">xs</span> - <span class="w">tzname</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/defined.html">defined</a> <span class="w">externally</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">SDBM_File</span>/<span class="w">sdbm</span>/<span class="w">pair</span>.<span class="w">c</span></li><li> - <span class="w">EXTCONST</span> <span class="w">needs</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">be</span> <span class="w">redefined</span> <span class="w">from</span> <span class="w">EXTERN</span>.<span class="w">h</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">SDBM_File</span>/<span class="w">sdbm</span>/<span class="w">sdbm</span>.<span class="w">c</span></li><li> - <span class="w">binary</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/open.html">open</a></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Sys</span>/<span class="w">Syslog</span>/<span class="w">Syslog</span>.<span class="w">xs</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Cygwin</span> <span class="w">has</span> <span class="w">syslog</span>.<span class="w">h</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Sys</span>/<span class="w">Syslog</span>/<span class="w">win32</span>/<span class="w">compile</span>.<span class="w">pl</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Convert</span> <span class="w">paths</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">Windows</span> <span class="w">paths</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Time</span>-<span class="w">HiRes</span>/<span class="w">HiRes</span>.<span class="w">xs</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Various</span> <span class="w">timers</span> not <span class="w">available</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Time</span>-<span class="w">HiRes</span>/<span class="w">Makefile</span>.<span class="w">PL</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Find</span> <span class="w">w32api</span>/<span class="w">windows</span>.<span class="w">h</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>/<span class="w">Makefile</span>.<span class="w">PL</span> - <span class="w">Use</span> <span class="w">various</span> <span class="w">libraries</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>.<span class="w">xs</span> - <span class="w">Child</span> <span class="w">dir</span> and <span class="w">child</span> <span class="w">env</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32API</span>-<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">File</span>.<span class="w">xs</span></li><li> - <span class="w">_open_osfhandle</span> not <span class="w">implemented</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32CORE</span>/<span class="w">Win32CORE</span>.<span class="w">c</span></li><li> - <span class="i">__declspec</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="w">dllexport</span><span class="s">)</span></li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Perl-Modules%2fScripts"></a><b>Perl Modules/Scripts</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">B</span>/<span class="w">t</span><span class="q">/OptreeCheck.pm - Comment about stderr/stdout</span> <span class="w">order</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Digest</span>-<span class="w">SHA</span>/<span class="w">bin</span>/<span class="w">shasum</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Use</span> <span class="w">binary</span> <span class="w">mode</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Sys</span>/<span class="w">Syslog</span>/<span class="w">win32</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Convert</span> <span class="w">paths</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">Windows</span> <span class="w">paths</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Time</span>-<span class="w">HiRes</span>/<span class="w">HiRes</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Comment</span> <span class="w">about</span> <span class="w">various</span> <span class="w">timers</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/not.html">not</a> <span class="w">available</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32API</span>-<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">File</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">_open_osfhandle</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/not.html">not</a> <span class="w">implemented</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32CORE</span>/<span class="w">Win32CORE</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">History</span> <span class="w">of</span> <span class="w">Win32CORE</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Cwd</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">hook</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">internal</span> <span class="w">Cwd::cwd</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span><span class="q">/CBuilder/</span><span class="w">Platform</span>/<span class="w">cygwin</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> <span class="w">gcc</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/for.html">for</a> <span class="w">ld</span><span class="cm">,</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/and.html">and</a> <a class="l_k" href="functions/link.html">link</a> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">libperl</span>.<span class="w">dll</span>.<span class="w">a</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">CBuilder</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">Cygwin</span> <span class="w">is</span> <span class="w">Unix</span>-<span class="w">like</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">Install</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Install</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/and.html">and</a> <a class="l_k" href="functions/rename.html">rename</a> <span class="w">issues</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">MM</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">OS</span> <span class="w">classifications</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">MM_Any</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Example</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/for.html">for</a> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">MakeMaker</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <a class="l_k" href="functions/require.html">require</a> <span class="w">MM_Cygwin</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">MM_Cygwin</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> - <span class="w">canonpath</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="w">cflags</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="w">manifypods</span><span class="cm">,</span> <span class="w">perl_archive</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Fetch</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Comment</span> <span class="w">about</span> <span class="w">quotes</span> <span class="w">using</span> <span class="w">a</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span> <span class="w">example</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Find</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">on</span> <span class="w">remote</span> <span class="w">drives</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/stat.html">stat</a><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span> <span class="w">always</span> <span class="w">sets</span> <span class="w">st_nlink</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="n">1</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">Cygwin</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">case_tolerant</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">Unix</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">preserve</span> <span class="q">//</span><span class="w">unc</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">References</span> <span class="w">a</span> <span class="w">message</span> <span class="w">on</span> <span class="w">cygwin</span>.<span class="w">com</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Pulls</span> <span class="w">in</span> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">Cygwin</span>.<span class="w">pm</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Temp</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <a class="l_k" href="functions/no.html">no</a> <span class="w">directory</span> <span class="w">sticky</span> <span class="w">bit</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span><span class="q">/Module/</span><span class="w">CoreList</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">List</span> <span class="w">of</span> <span class="w">all</span> <span class="w">module</span> <span class="w">files</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/and.html">and</a> <span class="w">versions</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Domain</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">No</span> <span class="w">domainname</span> <span class="w">command</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Netrc</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Bypass</span> <span class="w">using</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/stat.html">stat</a><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Ping</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">ECONREFUSED</span> <span class="w">is</span> <span class="w">EAGAIN</span> <span class="w">under</span> <span class="w">Cygwin</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Find</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Set</span> <span class="q">'pods'</span> <span class="w">dir</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Perldoc</span>/<span class="w">ToMan</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="q">'-c'</span> switch <a class="l_k" href="functions/for.html">for</a> <span class="w">pod2man</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Perldoc</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Use</span> <span class="q">'less'</span> <span class="w">pager</span><span class="cm">,</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/and.html">and</a> <a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> .<span class="w">exe</span> <span class="w">extension</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span><span class="q">/Term/</span><span class="w">ANSIColor</span>.<span class="w">pm</span> - <span class="w">Cygwin</span> <span class="w">terminal</span> <span class="w">info</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">perl5db</span>.<span class="w">pl</span> - <a class="l_k" href="functions/use.html">use</a> <span class="w">stdin</span> <a class="l_k" href="functions/not.html">not</a> <span class="q">/dev/</span><span class="w">tty</span></li><li> <span class="w">utils</span>/<span class="w">perlbug</span>.<span class="w">PL</span> - <span class="w">Add</span> <span class="w">CYGWIN</span> <span class="w">environment</span> <span class="w">variable</span> <span class="w">to</span> <span class="w">report</span></li></ol></pre></li>
<li><a name="Perl-Module-Tests"></a><b>Perl Module Tests</b>
<pre class="verbatim"><ol><li> <span class="w">dist</span>/<span class="w">Cwd</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">cwd</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Compress</span>-<span class="w">Zlib</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="n">14</span><span class="w">gzopen</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">DB_File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">db</span>-<span class="w">btree</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">DB_File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">db</span>-<span class="w">hash</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">DB_File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">db</span>-<span class="w">recno</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">DynaLoader</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">DynaLoader</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">File</span>-<span class="w">Glob</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">basic</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">GDBM_File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">gdbm</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">POSIX</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">sysconf</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">POSIX</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<a class="l_k" href="functions/time.html">time</a>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">SDBM_File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">sdbm</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Sys</span>/<span class="w">Syslog</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">syslog</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Time</span>-<span class="w">HiRes</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">HiRes</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">Unicode</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32API</span>-<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">file</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">ext</span>/<span class="w">Win32CORE</span><span class="q">/t/</span><span class="w">win32core</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">AnyDBM_File</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Archive</span>/<span class="w">Extract</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="n">01_Archive</span>-<span class="w">Extract</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Archive</span>/<span class="w">Tar</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="n">02_methods</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">Embed</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span><span class="q">/t/</span><span class="w">eu_command</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">MM_Cygwin</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">ExtUtils</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">MM_Unix</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Compare</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Copy</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Find</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">find</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Path</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">crossplatform</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">File</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">Spec</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">hostent</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Ping</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="n">110_icmp_inst</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">Ping</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="n">500_ping_icmp</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Net</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">netrc</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Simple</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">perlcyg</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Simple</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">perlcygo</span>.<span class="w">txt</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Simple</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">perlfaq</span>.<span class="w">pod</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">Pod</span>/<span class="w">Simple</span>/<span class="w">t</span>/<span class="w">perlfaqo</span>.<span class="w">txt</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">User</span>/<span class="w">grent</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li><li> <span class="w">lib</span>/<span class="w">User</span>/<span class="w">pwent</span>.<span class="w">t</span></li></ol></pre></li>
</ul>
<a name="BUGS-ON-CYGWIN"></a><h1>BUGS ON CYGWIN</h1>
<p>Support for swapping real and effective user and group IDs is incomplete.
On WinNT Cygwin provides <code class="inline"><span class="i">setuid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
, <code class="inline"><span class="i">seteuid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
, <code class="inline"><span class="i">setgid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
and <code class="inline"><span class="i">setegid</span><span class="s">(</span><span class="s">)</span></code>
.
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.</p>
<a name="AUTHORS"></a><h1>AUTHORS</h1>
<p>Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>,
Eric Fifer <egf7@columbia.edu>,
alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>,
Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>,
Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>,
Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>,
Gerrit P. Haase <gp@familiehaase.de>,
Reini Urban <rurban@cpan.org>,
Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com>,
Jerry D. Hedden <jdhedden@cpan.org>.</p>
<a name="HISTORY"></a><h1>HISTORY</h1>
<p>Last updated: 2012-02-08</p>
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