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On 17/02/2010 22:38, ddcc wrote:

> Q1 Is the Cygwin qsort source available?
> 
> Qsort must hide in library because a search in the Cygwin space yields
> nothing, not even a man page (reported in 2005).

  It's part of newlib, which cygwin links into the cygwin DLL to provide the
fundamentals of libc functionality.

> The 'Cygwin in CVS' page scares the chicken out of me.
> Its link http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/?cvsroot=src
> is a dead end because its utils-link yields nothing.
> 
> Q2 Any advice how to dig into CVS? ...

  Go up one level, then down!

> Q3 ... or is there a short cut to get the qsort source?

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/newlib/libc/search/qsort.c?cvsroot=src

    cheers,
      DaveK



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