Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted. On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, CRAIG SORENSEN wrote:
> From: Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: CRAIG SORENSEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, CRAIG SORENSEN wrote: > > > I have followed the instructions in the README file and the messages > > already sent about this subject. The cygserver is set up and running, > > but I am still getting a Bad system call when I run a simple program > > with <sys/sh.h> and <sys/ipc.h>. What could I be doing wrong? > > *Could* be lots of things. Nobody knows which one, though, since you > haven't posted any details about your system or the program you're > running. > > Please post a complete (preferably short) program that fails for you, > the commands used to compile it, as well as other relevant details as > requested in the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, particularly the output of > "cygcheck -svr". It would also help to know exactly how you've > configured your cygserver. > > Help us help you, > Igor I have attached the cygcheck file and a short program that I have copied from a tutorial online. I am compiling it as shown here: gcc shm_write.c -o shm_write There are no errors or warnings when I compile, but whenI go to run, it says "Bad system call". Thanks for the help.
Uh-huh. You don't have "server" in your CYGWIN environment variable. Try running your program as "CYGWIN=server ./shm_write". Please re-read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygserver.README for more details. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/