On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Denis Excoffier wrote: > > On 2012-09-10 at 14:54, Earnie Boyd wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Robert Mark wrote: >>> Hi Earnie, >>> >>>>> As per a previous message >>>>> (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00215.html) I am still finding >>>>> that mkshortcut causes core dumps (Windows 7, 64 bit). I have tried a >>>>> few different options: -P or -D still cause dumps. I have checked >>>>> permissions and they are all ok. Some folders do cause the error, some >>>>> don't. >>>>> >>>>> mkshortcut -n "I for cygwin bin" /D/cyghome/bin >>>>> /home/RobertMarkBram/bin/createWindowsShortcut.sh: line 160: 8128 >>>>> Aborted (core dumped) mkshortcut -n "$shortcutName" >>>>> "$target" >>>> >>>> I'm going to guess but have no fact to back it that the reason is due >>>> to the fact you're executing in a 32bit environment and the shortcut >>>> the tool makes needs a 64bit enviroment. This may only be resolved by >>>> a 64bit version of Cygwin. >>> >>> I did say I was running 64bit Win 7, so what exactly do you mean? >>> >> >> I mean that Cygwin at the moment is a 32 bit application. So you are >> executing in an emulation mode and some things might just not work as >> expected. > > I must say that i run on 32 bits natively (XP) and have what i think is > the very same problem. See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-08/msg00542.html > I add here that my XP is "french only" (nationalization not possible).
That is a horse of a different color; in your case I'm guessing that mkshortcut is not supporting UNICODE file names but I don't know that. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
