Cygwin
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
- Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
- Development - Guide for contributing to the module
Overview
This module installs Cygwin and adds Cygwin as a package provider in Puppet.
Module Description
This module will download the Cygwin setup executable and install it. This will install the standard set of cygwin tools to the standard cygwin location.
Usage
If you want to use cygwin as a package provider, it must be installed first.
Install Cygwin
include '::cygwin'
Reference
Classes
Public Classes
- cygwin: Main Class, includes all other classes.
Private Classes
Parameters
Functions
cygwin::windows_path($cygwin_path)
Take a UNIX-style path used in Cygwin and convert it to a Windows path. For example:
cygwin::windows_path('/etc/motd') == 'C:\Cygwin64\etc\motd
cygwin::windows_path('/cygrive/c/ProgramData') == 'C:\ProgramData
Limitations
For obvious reasons, this module will only work on the Windows operating system.
Development
Please see the Puppet guidelines for module contribution.