Kelly,
In the future, please post to pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org instead of
sending private email, so others can benefit too.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 08:28:28AM -0500, kelly.c.ferguson@exxonmobil.com wrote:
> How big is Cygwin?
I haven't check recently, but about 200 - 300 MB of compressed tarballs
to download which obviously gets bigger when installed.
> I tried to download it several times and it would not
> complete. Boxes would pop up saying that it was unable to grab this
> file...
Just choose another mirror:
http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html
> When you install Charles Wilson's Cygwin32 IPC package, what does in"/"
> mean?
"/" means the root of the filesystem. Please read an introductory book
on Unix (or Windows), if you are unfamiliar with this concept.
> And when you install PostgreSQL 7.1.2, what does in /usr/src mean?
"/usr/src" is just the place to where Kevin recommends extracting the
PostgreSQL source tarball.
BTW, a pre-built PostgreSQL 7.1.3 is automatically installed when you
install Cygwin via its setup.exe. Why don't you just use this one
instead of trying to build it yourself.
Jason