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RE: Newbie How to get source (e.g. wc.c)
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: "'TC'" <cygwin04 at timcollins dot com>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:34:29 +0100
- Subject: RE: Newbie How to get source (e.g. wc.c)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of TC
> Sent: 25 June 2004 18:14
> Question: How can I find source to various utilities such as
> word count's wc?
> Cygwin is installed and working well. "which wc" returns
> /usr/bin/wc. The
> /usr/src directory is emtpy. Ran setup.exe to see if I am missing
> something, but cannot find a "source" option -
It's there. It's a little column of checkboxes headed "Src?". It's also
one of the options that the "New" column cycles through.
> nor for that
> matter can I
> even find the "wc" program (it must be a component of a
> larger package).
To find out which package contains a given utility, go to the Cygwin setup
package search page:
http://cygwin.com/packages/
wc is part of textutils, which is in the "Base" category of setup.
cheers,
DaveK
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