Question

I know this is a basic question, but I just started using Cygwin and I’m having trouble creating new C files and new files in general. I tried cygstart filename.c and it kept saying “file not found”.

Answer 1

If you just want an empty file foo.c, then touch foo.c.

Although if you want to edit it in a text editor, you generally don’t have to create a new file beforehand. For example, you could just say emacs foo.c or vim foo.c, even if foo.c doesn’t exist yet. This is assuming you have the emacs or vim packages installed in Cygwin, of course.