Cygwin - How would I find the Cygwin's version which has been installed on my machine? (Windows Vista)
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With the uname utility, as on other POSIX systems.
uname -r
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7Or check the version information of cygwin1.dll using Windows Explorer. – BCran Dec 28 '10 at 21:27
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@BCran this is more general. I want to know what version of Cygwin had been installed on a failed hard drive from which files were restored. I don't want to execute any files there. – Kaz Oct 10 '20 at 16:11
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If you want to detect if you're running the 32 bit or 64 bit version, the -m switch will tell you:
uname -m
"i686" for the 32-bit version, "x86_64" if it's 64-bit.
uname -a
..gives you all the information at once. Check man uname for details.
(This is also answered in How do I tell whether my cygwin installation is 32 or 64 bit?)
