Been messing around with my .zshell initfiles I have noticed that it is my configuration of history file that makes it hang.
setopt HISTIGNOREDUPS HISTIGNORESPACE EXTENDED_HISTORY setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY SHARE_HISTORY HISTSIZE=200 SAVEHIST=200 HISTFILE=~/.history Commenting out HISTFILE the shell starts. This works for an old 4.0.7 version of zsh /Andy -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/