Re: xinted rsync bluescreen

I also have a very similar problem (writing in /etc when X is running, always cause a BSOD, regardless of antivirus packages), if I can have that hacked cygwin1.dll I can try it on my systems and tell if it's the same problem. Ciao, Danilo Turina Dan Holmsand wrote: Update: I have now test

Re: Emacs Problem

Scott, You don't say anything about: - whether you mean emacs to an X display or "emacs -nw" aka "emacs-nox" - assuming the latter, whether in the standard Cygwin command window, or rxvt. I don't think you'll have this problem in rxvt (I don't). If a standard command window, does Randall's

Re: xinted rsync bluescreen

Yes! Finally someone found the problem with writing in /etc and BSOD Thank you very much! Dan Holmsand wrote: Update: I have now tested my hacked cygwin1.dll (without the FindFirstChangeNotification of "/etc" stuff) quite extensively, on three different machines that previously experie

Re: cron, Oracle, and sqlplus

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, James Schnedar wrote: > I am experiencing a problem with running Oracle sqlplus within a shell > script using cron. The shell script runs correctly from the command > line, but once I add it to cron, the shell script will execute up until > the sqlplus command. Therefore, cro

Re: possible cygwin bug: delays when using pipes

Your guess is correct, I do run seti@home in the background and stopping it gets rid of the problem. Very unfortunate situation since this makes cygwin virtually unusable in certain software configurations. - Original Message - From: "Randall R Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

Unable to login through telnet via 1.3.18-1

Recently updated to 1.3.18-1 and telnet/rlogin/etc have stopped working. inetd is running as a service just like before. The problem now is that I cannot authenticate! No password works: $ telnet $(hostname) Trying 192.168.1.121... Connected to adefaria.SALIRA.COM. Escape character is '^]'. CYG

Re: tempfile does not exists here or there, but where?

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, you (whoever you are) wrote: > There is no tempfile (the shell execute program) to be > found in the archives as well.. Some xapps run better > with it...If anyone does know where I can compile the > tempfile executable source please let me know...thx... > > -engines i checked

Re: Using gcc to build a DLL discovered and linked at runtime

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: I assume the reason you're using the -mno-cygwin flag is because of Chris's comment. Clearly what you're trying to do won't work if you link against the Cygwin DLL. Using -mno-cygwin should remove cygwin1.dll from the equation but just substituting MSC

tempfile does not exists here or there, but where?

There is no tempfile (the shell execute program) to be found in the archives as well.. Some xapps run better with it...If anyone does know where I can compile the tempfile executable source please let me know...thx... -engines i checked didn't show up with the what i'm looking for, if you know wha

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

Does adding the --nodetach to cygrunsrv (I think that's the correct spelling ) help? I had a similar problem with rsyncd and adding it resolved my problem. On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 18:24, Jonathan Albrecht wrote: I've been trying to run apache as a service using cygrunsrv. I haven't changed th

Re: 1.3.18: BUG: Piping DOS files to grep (v2.5) doesn't work properly

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Stacey Sheldon wrote: > Mailing list search didn't find this, nor does it appear > in the FAQ... hopefully this isn't old news to all of you. > > Files read from a pipe are treated differently by grep > than files read directly. This results in some unexpected > (by me) behav

Re: Older Versions of Cygwin1.dll

Pedro Castro wrote: > Could somebody point out where to get older versions of the > Cygwin1.dll. I happened to update my cygwin installation without > backing up my old installation and now I have problems running > certain codes... One previous version is available through setup.exe - so that wou

1.3.18: BUG: Piping DOS files to grep (v2.5) doesn't work properly

Mailing list search didn't find this, nor does it appear in the FAQ... hopefully this isn't old news to all of you. Files read from a pipe are treated differently by grep than files read directly. This results in some unexpected (by me) behaviour when using grep on files which use the a DOS line-

Re: Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Dave Hooper wrote: > You know what I would do? I'd write a tiny .exe (for Win32) wrapper around > cmd.exe and use that to execute your .bat which in turn spawns bash, etc. > Why? Because as far as I know there's no way to instruct a shortcut to 'run > hidden' (you can run Mi

Older Versions of Cygwin1.dll

Could somebody point out where to get older versions of the Cygwin1.dll. I happened to update my cygwin installation without backing up my old installation and now I have problems running certain codes... Thanks in advance.. _

Re: Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell

On 16-Jan-2003 01:13, Dave Hooper wrote: You know what I would do? I'd write a tiny .exe (for Win32) wrapper around cmd.exe and use that to execute your .bat which in turn spawns bash, etc. Why? Because as far as I know there's no way to instruct a shortcut to 'run hidden' (you can run Minimized

Re: Non-zero VMA's w/DWARF-2?

DJGPP does not have the constraints of a PE/COFF object file format. As I understand it, they have a wrapper that loads COFF, so they can do as they please. I have already done everything that DJGPP does, but I can not make the vma's of the .debug_* sections zero without violating the PE/COFF for

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

Stipe, I have the correct permissions (log files owned by system (the SYSTEM user) and even tried with the config files and modules too) and I was still getting error 1062. I ended up giving in to the windows version. Is there any way this can be degugged? If so I'd be happy too help ;-) Elfyn [E

Re: Non-zero VMA's w/DWARF-2?

I've been informed (though maybe erroneously?) that djgpp supports DWARF-2 so maybe that would be a resonable starting point for investigation? > From: "Brian Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to add DWARF-2 support to Cygwin. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-sim

Re: Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell

You know what I would do? I'd write a tiny .exe (for Win32) wrapper around cmd.exe and use that to execute your .bat which in turn spawns bash, etc. Why? Because as far as I know there's no way to instruct a shortcut to 'run hidden' (you can run Minimized, though). So, if the command shell windo

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

> Perhaps the package maintainer may wish to take over here... ;-) yep, he'd like, but he's out of time currently, sorrs ;/ Stipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Wapme Systems AG Vogelsanger Weg 80 40470 Düsseldorf Tel: +49-211-74845-0 Fax:

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

Jonathan Albrecht schrieb: > > I've been trying to run apache as a service using cygrunsrv. I haven't > changed the httpd.conf and running /usr/sbin/httpd from the command line > works fine. Here is what I have done: > > > cygrunsrv -I apache -d "Cygwin apache" -p /usr/sbin/httpd -a -k -e > "CYG

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

> > cygrunsrv -I apache -d "Cygwin apache" -p /usr/sbin/httpd -a -k -e > "CYGWIN=ntsec nosmbntsec binmode tty" > > > cygrunsrv -S apache > > cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062: > The service has not been started. Unless I'm unaware of changes made

cygrunsrv and apache

I've been trying to run apache as a service using cygrunsrv. I haven't changed the httpd.conf and running /usr/sbin/httpd from the command line works fine. Here is what I have done: > cygrunsrv -I apache -d "Cygwin apache" -p /usr/sbin/httpd -a -k -e "CYGWIN=ntsec nosmbntsec binmode tty"

Re: Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell

Anthony, I never before heard of this program. That's nice to know. The man page mentions that it's only really effective on "simple-minded" file systems, which according to the man page excludes journaled file systems. So I'm wondering if it is effective under NTFS? Randall Schulz At 14:18

Re: Emacs Problem

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > At 03:39 PM 1/15/2003, Scott Purcell wrote: > >Hello, > >I got ambitious during lunch and installed emacs. At the cmd line I type in emacs >and all works great. > >I got one problem though, it will not quit. > > Yeah, so? What's the pr

Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell

Hi, I am searching for way to build Explorer shell integration tools that I can call from say the Explorer "Send To" menu and have it execute a shell script without the annoying DOS shell. For example it would be great to have a "Shred File(s)" target in the "Send To" menu that would result in a

Re: bin tempfile executable not found by xapps

At 05:04 PM 1/15/2003, - wrote: >where's the tempfile executable? some Xapps are >looking for it...and i'm having a problem finding a >safe source on the net for cygwin...an alternative >does anyone have one they can forward me...i'd greatly >appreciate it... See:

Re: telnet % ssh

This information is and always has been available to you at . Type in the name of the utility you're looking for and it will tell you the package that has it. Actually, this works for any phrase entered so you could get more than 1 'hit' if your request is not specif

Re: Emacs Problem

Frank, Scott, This is more likely a Cygwin options problem than it is non-standard key bindings in Emacs. This is reaching the proportions of a FAQ: You need to include "tty" in your CYGWIN environment variable, lest the Cygwin tty driver commandeer the CTRL-C and send a SIGINT when it's typed

Re: "Cannot create a file when that file already exists"installation problem

Woops ;-) About this issue... It just happend to me when I was updating lynx. It appeared as though the file download got fragmented or corrupted. It also gave me a "Sharing violation" when trying to delete it in windows explorer. FWIW once I had rebooted, deleted the file the problem went away.

Re: telnet % ssh

Robert Pejchal wrote: > I've just installed cygwin and Xfree86 on Win98 but the base install > does not include telnet and ssh. I do not have telnet or ssh in my > /usr/bin/. How can I obtain these? Or specifically, which package > (via cygwin setup.exe) contains these? http://cygwin.com/packages/

bin tempfile executable not found by xapps

where's the tempfile executable? some Xapps are looking for it...and i'm having a problem finding a safe source on the net for cygwin...an alternative does anyone have one they can forward me...i'd greatly appreciate it... jagg _

Re: "Cannot create a file when that file already exists"installation problem

On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 08:57, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > Redirecting this to the correct list. Setup.exe user problems are on-topic for [EMAIL PROTECTED] last I heard. The only time they need to be redirected is when they start going into design/feature changes/package creation issues. Rob -- GPG

Re: Emacs Problem

"Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I run a standalone emacs on my box and when I quit I hit the keys [ > ctrl x c ] and it quits the app. But in the one that runs in cygwin, > it does not. It's "control+c control+x" in Emacs language "C-x C-c". If this doesn't work try "Meta+x save-bu

telnet % ssh

I've just installed cygwin and Xfree86 on Win98 but the base install does not include telnet and ssh. I do not have telnet or ssh in my /usr/bin/. How can I obtain these? Or specifically, which package (via cygwin setup.exe) contains these? thanks, Rob * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" installation problem

Redirecting this to the correct list. - Original Message - From: "Lawlor, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:47 PM Subject: "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" installation problem > Hello, > > I'm trying to upgrade

"Cannot create a file when that file already exists" installation problem

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my Cygwin install to the newest version Using setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com. No matter what I do, what I choose to install, where the local packages go to etc, I get the following error message: Mount <- that is what is in the title of the message box

Re: Emacs Problem

At 03:39 PM 1/15/2003, Scott Purcell wrote: >Hello, >I got ambitious during lunch and installed emacs. At the cmd line I type in emacs and >all works great. > >I got one problem though, it will not quit. Yeah, so? What's the problem? Emacs is the end-all of software, right? It's supposed to d

Re: Using gcc to build a DLL discovered and linked at runtime

At 01:26 PM 1/15/2003, Jim Kleckner wrote: > I'm using a program called TradeStation that allows >specifying a path name to a DLL, specifying the >signature of a function to call, and then >loading/calling that function. The documentation is >very sparse for how to do this and probably built in >

Emacs Problem

Hello, I got ambitious during lunch and installed emacs. At the cmd line I type in emacs and all works great. I got one problem though, it will not quit. I run a standalone emacs on my box and when I quit I hit the keys [ ctrl x c ] and it quits the app. But in the one that runs in cygwin, it d

Re: javac on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 09:07:42AM -, Chris January wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:26:28AM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote: >> >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>I remember speculating at one point about creating wrappers to the >> >>win32 functions like CreateFile, MoveFile, etc. which would und

using text files unix<->windows<-> macintosh tip

using textfiles for saving in unix text format from a windows editor is a breeze such as the editor http://www.editpadlite.com/ The lite freeware version is an alternative if you need to make some change now and don't have a working vim or pico at hand for startup scripts... you can immediately cha

Non-zero VMA's w/DWARF-2?

I am trying to add DWARF-2 support to Cygwin. I have run into the problem that all example DWARF-2 implementations seem to expect the .debug_* sections' VMAs to be zero. This contradicts the PE/coff object format as I read it, and the resulting executable will not run. >From "Microsoft Portable

Using gcc to build a DLL discovered and linked at runtime

I'm using a program called TradeStation that allows specifying a path name to a DLL, specifying the signature of a function to call, and then loading/calling that function. The documentation is very sparse for how to do this and probably built in some way that depends in an obscure way on having

Re: Make fails for various programs

Igor, Your information is out-of-date. Ash does now support combined set-and-export using the "export VAR=value" syntax. Randall Schulz At 07:52 2003-01-15, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Petrik, 'export VAR="value"' works in bash and ksh, but doesn't in ash (you need to use 'VAR="value"; export VA

Re: less-378-1 : ANSI escape sequences in perldoc output

Christopher Faylor wrote: >>However, following the link to msg00511.html doesn't correlate: > > This should now be fixed. We had a mysterious out-of-disk-space condition > that caused some archive corruption. HOORAY! -- -Tommy Butler see if I'm online »http://ooopps.sourceforge.net/onli

Re: possible cygwin bug: delays when using pipes

Eugene, Cygwin 1.3.18 + Cygwin pipes + background, low-priority CPU load = Long delays in Cygwin pipe I/O Are you running SETI@home? That seems to be the most popular. It runs at the lowest priority, but still produces this symptom. I've been ignored every time I pointed this out. I guess tho

Re: setup.exe hangs if disk is full

Redirecting to the correct mailing list. > Hello cygwin gurus, > > If the installed partition becomes full during install, > setup.exe hangs without any notice, and eventually aborts. > Event log shows: > The application,, generated an application error The error > occurred on 01/15/2003 @ 15:48

setup.exe hangs if disk is full

Hello cygwin gurus, If the installed partition becomes full during install, setup.exe hangs without any notice, and eventually aborts. Event log shows: The application,, generated an application error The error occurred on 01/15/2003 @ 15:48.02.382 The exception generated was c005 at address 0

RE: setting socket option SO_RCVTIMEO doesn't affect blocking behavio r of recvfrom

Thank you Corinna + List! SO_RECVTIMEO isn't supported by WinSock, unfortunately. Corinna -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cyg

Re: setting socket option SO_RCVTIMEO doesn't affect blocking behavio r of recvfrom

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 09:40:55AM -0600, Lane, Frank L wrote: > Wanting to keep things as simple as possible I thought of using setsockopt > to force a 10 second timeout on the blocking call to recvfrom. The level > used was SOL_SOCKET and the option was SO_RECVTIMEO with the time struct > loaded

Re: Make fails for various programs

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Petrik Galvosas wrote: > Max Bowsher wrote: > > Try reinstalling autoconf-stable. > > > > Whilst your at it, you might as well reinstall autoconf*, automake*, and > > libtool* (all 9 autotool packages). > > > > Max. > > Thank for the hint. I have done this - unfortunately with

setting socket option SO_RCVTIMEO doesn't affect blocking behavior of recvfrom

Hi List, I'm trying to develop a UDP client application which needs to send a request wait for 10 seconds and if a response isn't received send another request. Wanting to keep things as simple as possible I thought of using setsockopt to force a 10 second timeout on the blocking call to recvfrom.

Re: How do I start two commands in .bat ?

Hi Igor... You can not run the commands from the windows shell...you need to run them from a Cygwin sh or bash shell...otherwise the "detach after authentication" will not work. If you have the commands as typed in v.bat then execute the file with the following command typed in a windows comma

makewhatis failure

running /usr/sbin/makewhatis gives: ./makewhatis: cannot create /var/cache/man/whatis: error 17 running /usr/sbin/makewhatis -v gives: ./makewhatis: cannot create /dev/stderr: directory nonexistent anybody have any suggestions? i've found a couple makewhatis issues in the mailing list, but none

Re: xinted rsync bluescreen

Update: I have now tested my hacked cygwin1.dll (without the FindFirstChangeNotification of "/etc" stuff) quite extensively, on three different machines that previously experienced quite frequent BSODs when init was running. No BSODs so far! Thus, it seems quite obvious to me that the code in

Symlink handling changed in latest CVS

This is a heads up so that hopefully this issue can be resolved before 1.3.19. I just updated from CVS this morning and noticed that symlink handling is different in at least one context: $ rxvt -e slogin localhost # fails unless pwd = /usr/bin $ rxvt -e /usr/bin/slogin localhost

possible cygwin bug: delays when using pipes

Seemingly, whenever I use a pipe in bash the cygwin freezes for a long time. For example: 'echo a | cat' takes about 10 seconds to execute, 'bash -l -i' takes about a minute. I am not sure when the problem appeared. Might have been last cygwin dll release but I am not sure. First time I noticed wa

RE: Cygwin with ScrollWheel Mouse on Win XP

Wow - I found the solution! Properties for the Cygwin window.. open the Options tab.. make sure QuickEdit Mode and Insert Mode is selected. That's all I needed to allow the mouse wheel to scroll in Cygwin under Windows XP! Rob :) > -Original Message- > From: Robert Mark Bram [mailto:[EMA

RE: Cygwin with ScrollWheel Mouse on Win XP

Howdy Abe, Thanks for the advice. I checked this. I am running Microsoft IntelliPoint driver for a standard Wheel Mouse. Wheel button is assigned to AutoScroll, though I cannot find an option for "Use MS Office Compatible Scroll Only". I event tried to add bash.exe and cygstart.exe to a list of

Re: Make fails for various programs

Max Bowsher wrote: > Try reinstalling autoconf-stable. > > Whilst your at it, you might as well reinstall autoconf*, automake*, and > libtool* (all 9 autotool packages). > > Max. Thank for the hint. I have done this - unfortunately without success. But may be I found the reason for this error: E

Re: configure panic with confdefs.h error results

- wrote: > ./configure displays up to a point where it > says it cannot create an executable...i look into > config.log to get...( i hope i'm writing to the > correct mailing list, i apologize for any > inconvenience if i'm not..) Yes, right list. > cannot find -lcygwin Sounds like your install

Re: windows installation CD with software produced under CygWin

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:24:46AM +0100, Zeilhofer, Peter wrote: > Win2K 5.00.2195 SP3 > CygWin 1.3.18-1 > Apache 1.3.27 > mod_ssl-2.8.12-1.3.27 > openssl-0.9.6h > My question is about what to add to the installation CD for Windows: is it necessary >to install the complete CygWin package on the

windows installation CD with software produced under CygWin

Hi to all, that is my first posting in this list (poor newbie from Germany ... - sorry for stupid questions in case ;-) but I haven't found an answer for my question in all the docs, faqs etc. I have to produce an Apache with mod_ssl on Win2K and then a Windows installation CD to release it. I

RE: javac on cygwin

> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:26:28AM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote: > >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>I remember speculating at one point about creating wrappers to the > >>win32 functions like CreateFile, MoveFile, etc. which would understand > >>cygwin paths. You could theoretically modify an .exe t

Re: Move to Windows Recycle Bin instead of deleting

Ralf Hauser wrote: Is there a way to have the files moved to the windows recycle bin from the cygwin shell window/command line? Hi! You can use the freeware "Delete XP" http://www.easytools.com/Downloads/Freebies/ which behaves like the standard (MS) "del" - but deletes to the recycle bin. I u