From: Nellis, Kenneth > Running Cygwin 1.7.9, bash 4.1.10, the Windows ping command works > fine from the Command Prompt window, but not from mintty, where > it writes the IP address octets as binary, appearing as garbage: <snip/>
Actually, I can eliminate mintty's involvement, as I see the same problem when I run ping from Cygwin.bat's console window. --Ken Nellis