check Cygwin kernal version

 

Just like on any Unix system, 



"uname -srv" will return the kernel (in Cygwin's case, cygwin1.dll) version.  On Cygwin, you can also use

"cygcheck -srv" to get detailed information about your system (essential for diagnosing Cygwin problems, see <http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>), or

"cygcheck -cd" to just get the versions of all installed packages (or omitthe "-d" flag to also check them for integrity).