Re: How to Find/Generate Core Files

Matthew Johnson wrote: > I did a few searches in Yahoo!, in Cygwin FAQ and a > few others places, I can find _mention_ of the word > 'core', or even that gdb _uses_ core files, but none > about how to configure Cygwin/g++ to _generate_ the > core files. > > As it is, I get "core dumped" frequentl

How to Find/Generate Core Files

Hi- I did a few searches in Yahoo!, in Cygwin FAQ and a few others places, I can find _mention_ of the word 'core', or even that gdb _uses_ core files, but none about how to configure Cygwin/g++ to _generate_ the core files. As it is, I get "core dumped" frequently from the application I am runni

Re: how do I cite cygwin for academic publication?

Peter Waltman wrote: since I used cygwin to implement my masters project (which I'm not getting into publishable form), I'd like to check to see if there is a preferred citation that the mainainers want used when citing cygwin. Do you have one? Our preferred citation is pretty much irrelev

Re: Unicode in filenames support?

"Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:08:30PM -0400, Beman Dawes wrote: >>I've been in contact with Newlib people working on the problem in, which >>is >>where the problem needs to be solved. They really need encouragement t

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: unison2.10.2 and unison2.12.0

Updated versions of the unison2.10.2 and unison2.12.0 packages are now available in the Cygwin distribution. These are bugfix releases. They fix multiple minor problems, including an incomplete fix to the diff-over-ssh problem patched in the last release. Unison is a file synchronizer for Uni

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Andrew DeFaria wrote: > That may be but it does represent the "footprint" of the process or at > least the amount of memory + swap reserved (doesn't it?). As such I seek > to minimize such usage. No, I don't think so. Taskman's "VM size" is what you are thinking of, and is what procexp calls "pr

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Alexey Fayans wrote: All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory usage. For example, bash from standard package report usage of ~420MB. Is it how it should be? Hard to say without more information. Please see the Cygwin pro

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Brian Dessent wrote: Just to clarify: taskman's "Mem usage" column == procexp's "Working set" column and this is the amount of memory that is actually being used by the process. taskman's "VM size" column == procexp's "Private bytes" column and this is the total amount of code+data that has

Re: Question about tab completion

At 06:05 AM 6/13/2005, you wrote: >Mikael wrote: > >> But say I type /c, instead of stopping at c as I thought would happen, >> /cyg is completed and these three are displayed: >> cygdrivecygwin.bat cygwin.ico >> >> Why? Why doesn't it stop at c? Have I done something wrong with my mounts or

Re: Question about /etc/profile

At 12:47 AM 6/13/2005, you wrote: >Hello, > >I'm having problems understanding how cygwin handles the loading of >/etc/profile: > >-> My cygwin.bat says the following: > > @echo off > > F: > chdir F:\cygwin\bin > > bash --login -i > >So, 'bash' supposedly goes and looks for

RE: Missing __msize Symbol / Function

Hi Stephan; I worked as you suggested. Again, thanks very much for your help. << Thank you very much for your advice. I will explore malloc_usable_size as you suggested. AV >>> Stephan Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/04/05 10:44 PM >>> You may want to see if malloc_usable_size can be substitu

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

I have the following problem with tcsh: tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is only an example, this also happens to other programs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami /usr/bin/whoami [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami.exe whoami.exe: Command not found. (snip)

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Brian Dessent wrote: > You're using process explorer, not task manager, and process explorer > does not interact well with Cygwin for whatever reason. In this case it > seems the procexp is computing the VM size wrong. If you use task > manager and look at the "VM size" column it will be correct

Re[2]: bug(?): 100% CPU usage

> > This may not be a CYGWIN bug, but happens only with CYGWIN apps only. > > When I'm trying to see which dll's a CYGWIN process is using with > > sysinternals' process explorer, this CYGWIN process starts using 100% > > CPU power. This also happens if I try to see CYGWIN process' threads. > >

Re[2]: question: high virtual memory usage

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Alexey Fayans wrote: > > > All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory > > > usage. For example, bash from standard package report usage of > > > ~420MB. Is it how it should be? > > > > Hard to say without more information. Please see the Cygwin problem

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Alexey Fayans wrote: > Look at screenshot: > http://home.shad.pp.ru/tmp/cygwin.png You're using process explorer, not task manager, and process explorer does not interact well with Cygwin for whatever reason. In this case it seems the procexp is computing the VM size wrong. If you use task mana

Re[2]: question: high virtual memory usage

> > All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory usage. > > For example, bash from standard package report usage of ~420MB. Is it > > how it should be? > > Hard to say without more information. Please see the Cygwin problem > reporting guidelines at

RE: Bug in chere

>chere adds a "bash here" context menu just fine. However: > >1) You have to click on a folder icon, clicking in a folder > that's open does not work >2) It opens the shell not in the folder you clicked on, but > in the parent folder Thanks for the report. Now how did that go unnoticed? More e

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Alexey Fayans wrote: All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory usage. For example, bash from standard package report usage of ~420MB. Is it how it should be? Hard to say without more information. Please see the Cygwin pro

Re: question: high virtual memory usage

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Alexey Fayans wrote: > All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory usage. > For example, bash from standard package report usage of ~420MB. Is it > how it should be? Hard to say without more information. Please see the Cygwin problem reporting guideline

Re: Request MD5 checksum for cygwin setup.exe

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Amanda Waltman wrote: > A user within my company is wanting to install Cygwin (may 26 2005 > version) to use for NetCDF library files. Due to security requirements, > I am required to obtain a digital signature on a download before > installing software. Can someone please p

RE: automatic generation of resolv.conf

> On Jun 9 15:25, Brian Dessent wrote: > > Ross Boulet wrote: > > > I recently downloaded and compiled dig from the bind > > > website. [...] > > > > Since that functionality already exists, your best bet > would be to > > either a) use the win32 port b) patch dig to include > that functionality

how do I cite cygwin for academic publication?

Hello - since I used cygwin to implement my masters project (which I'm not getting into publishable form), I'd like to check to see if there is a preferred citation that the mainainers want used when citing cygwin. Do you have one? thanks, Peter Waltman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cy

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cpio-2.6-3

I've just updated the version of cpio to 2.6-3. This is a bugfix release. A non-standard way to call a function resulted in cpio not being able to recognize all option characters. The patch has been send upstream. To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http:/

RE: Install problems on XP with setup.exe

After further tests I realized that the package that was having a problem is: groff-1.18.1-2.tar.bz2 When I unchecked this file (which is part of the default) the download and setup works. Next I will check to see if I can include other packages as well. KW -Original Message- F

Re: bug(?): 100% CPU usage

Alexey Fayans wrote: This may not be a CYGWIN bug, but happens only with CYGWIN apps only. When I'm trying to see which dll's a CYGWIN process is using with sysinternals' process explorer, this CYGWIN process starts using 100% CPU power. This also happens if I try to see CYGWIN process' thread

No local keystroke echo in bash after running nano/less/vim/man

After running nano/less/vim/man (and probably others), local keystroke echo in bash stops. This is only the case when I use `export CYGWIN=tty' in my .bashrc file, which is there so nano receives ctrl-c. During noecho, 'stty sane' tells me "stty: standard input: unable to perform all requested op

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

On Jun 13 11:35, Shankar Unni wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >Dunno why it prints cmd.exe but by design (minus flaws) tcsh only > >starts applications given w/o path if the application is in the > >internal hash table. The internal hash table stores the application > >names w/o .exe suffix.

bug(?): 100% CPU usage

This may not be a CYGWIN bug, but happens only with CYGWIN apps only. When I'm trying to see which dll's a CYGWIN process is using with sysinternals' process explorer, this CYGWIN process starts using 100% CPU power. This also happens if I try to see CYGWIN process' threads. -- Unsubscribe info

question: high virtual memory usage

All programs that use cygwin1.dll report very high virtual memory usage. For example, bash from standard package report usage of ~420MB. Is it how it should be? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

Corinna Vinschen wrote: Dunno why it prints cmd.exe but by design (minus flaws) tcsh only starts applications given w/o path if the application is in the internal hash table. The internal hash table stores the application names w/o .exe suffix. Odd. The native build of tcsh on Win32 seems to

Request MD5 checksum for cygwin setup.exe

Hi, A user within my company is wanting to install Cygwin (may 26 2005 version) to use for NetCDF library files. Due to security requirements, I am required to obtain a digital signature on a download before installing software. Can someone please provide me with a MD5 checksum (hash) on Cygwin s

Re: Making /bin/sh == bash. Has the time come?

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Shankar Unni wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > So, in conversation with Corinna, I think that we're starting to lean > > towards making /bin/sh == bash sometime soon. > > Excellent idea. And it even seems to handle the automatic switch to > POSIX mode correctly when cal

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

On Jun 13 12:09, Volker Quetschke wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>I have the following problem with tcsh: > >> > >>tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is > >>only an example, this also happens to other programs. > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami > >>

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

Corinna Vinschen wrote: I have the following problem with tcsh: tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is only an example, this also happens to other programs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami /usr/bin/whoami [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami.exe whoami.exe: Co

Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

On Jun 13 11:34, Volker Quetschke wrote: > I have the following problem with tcsh: > > tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is > only an example, this also happens to other programs. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami > /usr/bin/whoami > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$

Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created

On Jun 13 16:48, Oliver Geisen wrote: > >It's set inside of Cygwin if possible. It opens the registry and > >tries to read the following key: > > > > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > >NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$USERNAME\ProfileImagePath > > > >If it's available, it's used as $USERPROFILE, o

Re: How to get version-information of executeable

Oliver, On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 04:03:21PM +0200, Oliver Geisen wrote: > how can i read the version-number of an windows *.EXE file out of a > bash-script ? See the following: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00882.html Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc o

tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

I have the following problem with tcsh: tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is only an example, this also happens to other programs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami /usr/bin/whoami [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami.exe whoami.exe: Command not found. [EMAIL P

Re: ri dumps core

Corinna, On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:01:00AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jun 11 12:42, Jason Tishler wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 11:04:22PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: > > > I just noticed that ruby uses .so for the name of its dynamic > > > modules, but I think the rebaseall script

RE: Install problems on XP with setup.exe

Dave, Thanks for the reply. I tried a couple of different mirrors (sorry I didn't put that in my original post. The last one I tried was http://planetmirror.com. In addition my list of mirrors in setup.exe never shows me anything but ftp:// or http:// sites. Thanx, KW -Original Mess

RE: Install problems on XP with setup.exe

Original Message >From: Keith Weintraub >Sent: 13 June 2005 15:40 -- > I have tried to install Cygwin numerous times on XP professional > version 2002 Service Pack 2. -

RE: Undefined references

Original Message >From: Alireza Ghasemi >Sent: 13 June 2005 12:45 > Hello, > When compiling libyahoo2 everything went OK.but when I tried to compile a > program with it,I got a very very big list of undefined references like > this >> > " > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/../../../

Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created

Hi, I tested this again. After starting a "local" bash (local means i start it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a "USERPROFILE" env.-var. If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it anymore. So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is no

Install problems on XP with setup.exe

Folks, I have tried to install Cygwin numerous times on XP professional version 2002 Service Pack 2. I have tried to install the base plus other individual packages but finally just tried the default install. I've tried it for all users and just me, I've tried it for both Unix and DOS de

Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created

On Jun 13 16:16, Oliver Geisen wrote: > Hi, > > >>i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of > >>my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out > >>that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, > >>a > >>folder called %USERPROFILE% is created > >>in the b

Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created

Hi, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. Sure it's not something y

How to get version-information of executeable

Hello, how can i read the version-number of an windows *.EXE file out of a bash-script ? Some windows-programs doesn't deliver the version information using commandline-switches. Instead they show it in a Window on the local console session. That's bad for me. Regards, Oliver Geisen ---

Undefined references

Hello, When compiling libyahoo2 everything went OK.but when I tried to compile a program with it,I got a very very big list of undefined references like this : " /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/../../../libyahoo2.a(libyahoo2.o)(.tex t+0x 38): In function `yahoo_log_message': /cygdrive/d/Downl

Re: mcedit stackdumps

Hello, On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: > Yes, that's it! mcedit failes after F10 if I used Ctrl + O earlier. > Sometimes it's not even a stackdump, but an infinite loop with 100% CPU > usage. > > > In any case - please try > > using the user menu and then quit to see if you'll manage

adding to the path

Hi everybody, I've installed a software in ns. Now i want to add this software to the path. There is no .bash_profile and no root directory. Please tell me where is located the file where i can add to the path. Thank you __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of

RE: Question about tab completion

Original Message >From: Mikael >Sent: 13 June 2005 10:39 > Hello, I've altered my mounts so I can do: > $ cd /c/somedirectory > instead of > $ cd /cygdrive/c/somedirectory > The ouput of mount is: > $ mount > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type

Re: Question about tab completion

Mikael wrote: > But say I type /c, instead of stopping at c as I thought would happen, > /cyg is completed and these three are displayed: > cygdrivecygwin.bat cygwin.ico > > Why? Why doesn't it stop at c? Have I done something wrong with my mounts or > is this as it should be? Tab completio

Question about tab completion

Hello, I've altered my mounts so I can do: $ cd /c/somedirectory instead of $ cd /cygdrive/c/somedirectory The ouput of mount is: $ mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /c type system (binmod

RE: lrint() incorrect results.

Original Message >From: Luke Hutchinson >Sent: 04 June 2005 18:27 > Is there any particular reason the same inline functions as defined in the > MinGW header files are not used? They work correctly, and being inlined, > are more efficient. Well, the main reason is that cygwin uses new

Re: Re: Error piping data through a cygwin command using rsh (write system call fail)

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:55:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Thanks for the testcase. It took some time to reproduce it (actually > the error occured with quite different result on my machine) and to track > it down, but I think I have found the culprit, an uninitialized variable > in the socket sendt