Re: File paths redirected to MSYS directory

2010-11-28 Thread Andy Koppe
On 29 November 2010 04:18, Nathan Rose wrote: > I have just installed Cygwin on my WinXP box for the first time. I already > had MSYS installed. They are installed in the directories C:\cygwin and > C:\msys respectively. > > Simple file operations like cp or mv work fine within Cygwin . However,

Re: Question about cygwin + rsync and file permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Christian Franke
On 2010-09-16 Saxon, Will wrote: I am trying to copy files from a Linux machine to Windows using rsync. I am using rsync 3.0.7 and cygwin 1.7.5. The source files on the linux machine are all owned by root:root with mode 0755. When I copy them with the following command: rsync -clrtv -

File paths redirected to MSYS directory

2010-11-28 Thread Nathan Rose
I have just installed Cygwin on my WinXP box for the first time. I already had MSYS installed. They are installed in the directories C:\cygwin and C:\msys respectively. Simple file operations like cp or mv work fine within Cygwin . However, when I try to open a file with vi, it opens the equiv

Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 02:04:48AM +0300, Andrey Repin wrote: >Greetings, Vincent Richomme! > run setup and choose the directory you want >>> the default proposal is c:\cygwin >>> >>> To add: >>> Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national letters. >>> > >> Again I was not v

Re: scp just spews usage

2010-11-28 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 11/27/2010 1:56 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: On 11/27/2010 09:28 AM, Brian Wilson wrote: I had a similar issue. It seems that some updates do not complete successfully under the circumstances you describe. I suspect there is an issue with shells failing to run successfully as I often have to try se

Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Vincent Richomme! >>> run setup and choose the directory you want >> >>> the default proposal is c:\cygwin >> >> To add: >> Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national letters. >> > Again I was not very clear I don't want to know how to install cygwin > because even a mon

Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Vincent Richomme
>> wrote: >> > Greetings, Marco Atzeri! >> > >> >> run setup and choose the directory you want >> > >> >> the default proposal is c:\cygwin >> > >> > To add: >> > Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national >> letters. >> > >> >> Again I was not very clear I don't want to know how to >>

Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Dom 28/11/10, Vincent Richomme ha scritto: > On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:07:44 +0300, > Andrey Repin > > wrote: > > Greetings, Marco Atzeri! > > > >> run setup and choose the directory you want > > > >> the default proposal is c:\cygwin > > > > To add: > > Strongly advised against paths with s

Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions

2010-11-28 Thread Vincent Richomme
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:07:44 +0300, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Marco Atzeri! > >> run setup and choose the directory you want > >> the default proposal is c:\cygwin > > To add: > Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national letters. > Again I was not very clear I don't want to

Re: How to debug mintty or screen freeze

2010-11-28 Thread Andy Koppe
On 27 November 2010 10:49, Henry S. Thompson wrote: > Andy Koppe writes: >>> [screen + mintty freezing] > >> Another thing you could try is to enable logging to a file using the >> --log command option. Perhaps that will show what control sequence >> triggers the problem. Obviously you'll want to r