Solved this problem by reinstalling cygwin from a different mirror. Not an attractive solution, but...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Racine Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:11 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: man goes into an infinite loop Any ideas on the following very much appreciated... $ man sed [: missing `]' usage: addftinfo [-v] [-param value] ... resolution unitwidth font usage: afmtodit [-mnsvx] [-a angle] [-d DESC] [-e encoding] [-i n] afmfile mapfile font usage: apropos keyword ... i686 000 0000 ^@ 032 0x20 064 0x40 @ 096 0x60 ` 001 0x01 ^A 033 0x21 ! 065 0x41 A 097 0x61 a 002 0x02 ^B 034 0x22 " 066 0x42 B 098 0x62 b 003 0x03 ^C 035 0x23 # 067 0x43 C 099 0x63 c ................... ................... ................... Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ... Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ... POSIX options: GNU long options: -f progfile --file=progfile -F fs --field-separator=fs -v var=val --assign=var=val -m[fr] val -W compat --compat -W copyleft --copyleft -W copyright --copyright -W dump-variables[=file] --dump-variables[=file] -W exec=file --exec=file -W gen-po --gen-po -W help --help -W lint[=fatal] --lint[=fatal] -W lint-old --lint-old -W non-decimal-data --non-decimal-data -W profile[=file] --profile[=file] -W posix --posix -W re-interval --re-interval -W source=program-text --source=program-text -W traditional --traditional -W usage --usage -W use-lc-numeric --use-lc-numeric -W version --version To report bugs, see node `Bugs' in `gawk.info', which is section `Reporting Problems and Bugs' in the printed version. gawk is a pattern scanning and processing language. By default it reads standard input and writes standard output. Examples: gawk '{ sum += $1 }; END { print sum }' file gawk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd banner: not enough arguments Usage: banner [-c X] [-w 80] [--usage] [--version] [--license] A string to print... c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp CGlvCG9uCG49XwhzXwhjXwhyXwhpXwhwXwh0CgogICAgICAgICAgICAgIGFkZCB0aGUgc2NyaXB0 IHRvIHRoZSBjb21tYW5kcyB0byBiZSBleGVjdXRlZAoKICAgICAgIC0ILWYIZiBzY3JpcHQtZmls ZSwgLQgtLQgtZghmaQhpbAhsZQhlPV8Ic18IY18Icl8IaV8IcF8IdF8ILV8IZl8IaV8IbF8IZQoK ICAgICAgICAgICAgICBhZGQgdGhlIGNvbnRlbnRzIG9mIHNjcmlwdC1maWxlIHRvIHRoZSBjb21t ................... ................... ................... ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBTRUQoMSkK basename: missing operand Try `basename --help' for more information. /usr/bin/bashbug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found /usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status. /usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted. /usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report; /usr/bin/bashbug: type `n' to re-enter the editor. /usr/bin/bashbug: Do you want to give up? /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found /usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status. /usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted. /usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report; -- 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/ -- 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/
