On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 03:27:02PM -0500, Ross Ridge wrote: >Mark Mitchell wrote: >>Cygwin Xterm >>============ >>parent spawn: Pops up DOS window. >>parent nostd: No output from child. >>parent std: Works. >> >>DOS Console >>=========== >>parent spawn: Works. >>parent nostd: No output from child. >>parent std: No output from child. > >This is what I got using your code and Cygwin rxvt: > >Cygwin rxvt >=========== >parent spawn: Works. >parent nostd: No output from child. >parent std: Works. > >I wasn't able to test it with xterm, I don't have an X server handy, >but it looks your problem is with xterm, not gcc.
I don't see any reason why cygwin should be causing a console window to flash when spawn is used. Maybe this is something that should be pursued in the Cygwin list. The test cases will be useful but please also provide cygcheck output - as an attachment, please. cgf