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diff --git a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml index 12d906c5d..6e38832e8 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml @@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ providing substantial <ulink url="http://www.pasc.org/#POSIX">POSIX</ulink> (Portable Operating System Interface) system call functionality, and a collection of tools, which provide a Linux look and feel. The Cygwin DLL works with all x86 -versions of Windows since Windows 95. +versions of Windows since Windows 95. The API follows the <ulink +url="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/nfindex.html">Single +Unix Specification</ulink> as much as possible, and then Linux practice. +Two other major differences between Cygwin and Linux are the C library +(<literal>newlib</literal> instead of <literal>glibc</literal>) and +default <command>/bin/sh</command>, which is <command>ash</command> on +Cygwin but <command>bash</command> on most Linux distributions. </para> <para> With Cygwin installed, users have access to many standard UNIX |