Cygwin info file
File type: Various data file
A .info-24 file is a numbered part of an Info documentation file used by Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for Windows.
It contains formatted documentation for viewing with the GNU Info documentation system included with Cygwin.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 30, 2026
Cygwin is an open-source Linux-like environment for Microsoft Windows. It provides Unix-style tools and libraries, along with documentation in the GNU Info format.
A .info-24 file normally stores one numbered section of a larger Info document. Large documentation files can be split into multiple parts, with numbered suffixes used to identify the parts. The file is generally intended to be used together with the other parts and the corresponding main Info file.
This is a documentation data file rather than an executable or Cygwin program project file. It is used on Windows as part of a Cygwin installation and remains associated with Cygwin's Unix-style documentation tools.
Open the file with the Info reader included in Cygwin. The reader is normally used through a Cygwin terminal and can follow the main Info document and its numbered sections automatically.
Because the file contains formatted text, a text editor can also display its contents. Opening the numbered part directly may show only a section of the documentation rather than a complete document.
A .info-24 file is already a formatted documentation file, so it normally has no useful conversion target. Keep it with the other numbered parts when moving or installing the associated Cygwin documentation.
Its readable text can be copied into another document manually, but that is not a complete or reliable conversion of the Info document.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving info-24 files:
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