[GRASS-user] Commands on Cygwin vs native windows

[Micha Silver]

On 28/08/2010 18:01, Chethan S wrote:
> Hello!
>
Welcome.
> I am in the process of learning to use GRASS. I mainly use it in 
> ubuntu. I wanted to try it in windows as well. I noticed that there 
> are several download options for it. Though I am a naive user with 
> regard to command line, I have slowly begun to like command line.
>
The more you learn, the more you'll like it.
> My questions, some are really basic. Please excuse me if I am wrong.
>
>    1. Is the GRASS manual at
>       http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html
>       written for UNIX based OS users or windows users?
>
well, both. The man pages are generic, "OS agnostic"
>
>    1. Which option provides maximum advantage with regard to usage -
>       stand-alone windows version or cygwin based one. And why?
>
Cygwin is a windows program that adds the unix command line advantages 
to Windows. IMHO, if you want to use GRASS from the command line and 
have the option to work in Ubuntu, use that. It's a more "natural" 
combination. THings will just work, rather than you having to spend time 
massaging certain unix commands so that they work in cygwin.
>
>    1. I wonder if I would be able to run UNIX like commands - module
>       [-flag1[flag2...]] parameter1=map1[,map2,...]\
>       [parameter2=number...] [--o] [--q] [--v] in windows as well in
>       GUI based version or do I need cygwin based one for such work.
>
Most of the commands in the Windows gui work well, with the notable 
exception of the vector digitizer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chethan S.
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