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<qandadiv id="faq.resources">
<title>Further Resources</title>
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<qandaentry id="faq.resources.documentation">
<question><para>Where's the documentation?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>If you have installed Cygwin, you can find lots of documentation in
<literal>/usr/share/doc/</literal>. Some packages have Cygwin specific
instructions in a file
<literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/<replaceable>package_name</replaceable>.README</literal>.
In addition, many packages ship with standard documentation, which you can
find in
<literal>/usr/share/doc/<replaceable>package_name</replaceable></literal> or
by using the <literal>man</literal> or <literal>info</literal> tools. (Hint:
use <literal>cygcheck -l <replaceable>package_name</replaceable></literal> to
list what man pages the package includes.) Some older packages still keep
their documentation in <literal>/usr/doc/</literal>
instead of <literal>/usr/share/doc/</literal>.
</para>
<para>There are links to quite a lot of documentation on the main Cygwin
project web page, <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/">http://cygwin.com/</ulink>,
including this FAQ. Be sure to at least read any 'Release Notes' or 'Readme'
or 'read this' links on the main web page, if there are any.
</para>
<para>There is a comprehensive Cygwin User's Guide at <ulink
url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html">http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html</ulink>
and an API Reference at <ulink
url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html">http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html</ulink>.
</para>
<para>You can find documentation for the individual GNU tools at <ulink
url="http://www.fsf.org/manual/">http://www.fsf.org/manual/</ulink>. (You
should read GNU manuals from a local mirror, check <ulink
url="http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html">http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html</ulink>
for a list of them.)
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.resources.mailing-lists">
<question><para>What Cygwin mailing lists can I join?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Comprehensive information about the Cygwin mailing lists can be found at
<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/lists.html" />.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.resources.problems">
<question><para>What if I have a problem? (Or: Why won't you/the mailing list answer my questions?)</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Comprehensive information about reporting problems with Cygwin can be found at <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/problems.html" />.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
</qandadiv>
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