Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.9.1-1

2017-02-23 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 2/23/2017 6:01 PM, Tony Kelman wrote: >>> >>> The big question remains, where this speed boost coming from? >>> Is this a startup time? Or some internal slowness? >>> Because in latter case, given your STC, this is a bash issue and should >>>

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.0-1

2016-08-31 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Vince Rice wrote: >> As the 84 year old guy who helps my 70 year old dad … > > H. Is one of you Benjamin Button? :) That's what I thought when I first read this, but I re-read it a couple of times, it makes sense :-) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.c

Re: libpng 1.6.24-1

2016-08-17 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 4:56 PM, John W. T. Eaton wrote: > unsubscribe The following URL describes now to unsubscribe from the mailing list: https://cygwin.com/lists.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Re: [Updated] Perl distributions

2016-06-14 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > > Due to a problem during upload, these packages have been re-released as > *-2 and the previous *-1 release has been removed: > > perl-Business-ISBN-2.011-2 > perl-Mojolicious-6.64-2 > perl-Regexp-Common-2016060801-2 > perl-XML-LibXML-2.0125-

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied >> >> I have several mounted partitions on my Windows machine (64bit Windows >>

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-05-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott > wrote: >> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) >> wrote: >>> On 05/11/2016 08:14 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>>> >>>> H

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-05-11 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) > wrote: >> On 05/11/2016 08:14 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> >>> Hi; >>> >>>cp: skipping file 'file', as it was rep

cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-05-11 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied I have several mounted partitions on my Windows machine (64bit Windows 7). Copying a file using cygwin cp , via mintty, from a mounted drive to a local path, I frequently get the aforementioned message. Is the partition

a recent 32-bit Cygwin install completed with these Unknown package messages

2016-05-06 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; a recent (last night into this morning) 32-bit Cygwin initial install completed with these Unknown package messages Package: _/Unknown package mingw64-x86_64-glib2.0-networking.sh exit code 126 mingw64-x86_64-librsvg2.sh exit code 126 mingw64-x86_64-libwmf.sh exit code 126 x32

Re: Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

2016-04-20 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > > On 20/04/2016 19:38, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >>> >>> On 20/04/2016 04:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>>> >>>> >&g

Re: Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

2016-04-20 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 20/04/2016 04:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit >> code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh >> >> Package: z/Perpetua

Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

2016-04-19 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh Package: z/Perpetual zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh exit code 2 Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Docume

Cygwin certificate is not trusted? Unknown issuer?

2016-04-13 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
wget fails https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe Resolving cygwin.com (cygwin.com)... 209.132.180.131 Connecting to cygwin.com (cygwin.com)|209.132.180.131|:443... connected. ERROR: The certificate of ‘cygwin.com’ is not trusted. ERROR: The certificate of ‘cygwin.com’ hasn't got a known issuer. --

Re: Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-04-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/12/2016 12:13 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Hi; >> >> Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced >> while being copied >> >> $ uname -a >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 KWOLCO

Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-04-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 KWOLCOTT-9010 2.5.0(0.297/5/3) 2016-04-11 09:58 x86_64 Cygwin $ mv new_Perforce_account_request.txt ~/. mv: skipping file 'new_Perforce_account_request.txt', as it was replaced while

Near the end of the Cygwin (64bit) update process today, an error regarding zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

2016-04-08 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; FYI: Near the end of the Cygwin (64bit) update process today, an error regarding zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh Package: z/Perpetual zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh exit code 1 I thought that it might be good to report this. Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.ht

Every time I update 64bit Cygwin refresh the following happens: 'Package: _/Unknown package' 'x3270.sh exit code 1'

2016-04-05 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi All; Every time I update 64bit Cygwin refresh the following happens: Package: _/Unknown package x3270.sh exit code 1 Just curious, is this an obsolete/orphaned package? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

Re: fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

2016-03-22 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 21 10:22, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen >> >> Netapp drives are a bit tricky. Th

Re: fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

2016-03-21 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen > wrote: >> On Mar 18 14:50, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> Hi; >>> >>> I am using a daily refreshed Cygwin64 on WIndows 7 Enterprise. >>> &g

fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

2016-03-18 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I am using a daily refreshed Cygwin64 on WIndows 7 Enterprise. When I mount fairly large NetApp volumes and perform a du -sh path or find path etc or rm -rf path where path is involved in the mount. like /cygdrive/y/ as mentioned below; (those are the three that I remember, all app

Re: Can the Perl module Date::Calc be added to Cygwin please?

2016-02-29 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > Kenneth Wolcott writes: >> Please add Date::Calc Perl module to Cygwin. > > I'd consider that, but: What does it do that the available modules from > Date-Simple and DateTime don't? > > > Regards,

Can the Perl module Date::Calc be added to Cygwin please?

2016-02-28 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Please add Date::Calc Perl module to Cygwin. Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: Using Perl on Cygwin; how to prevent display of unwanted usage/error message?

2016-01-22 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Kenneth Wolcott > wrote: >> Hi; >> >> I'm using a qx call to "net user username /DOMAIN" (probably should >> use system instead) to determine whether a person having an active >> account in an application is

Using Perl on Cygwin; how to prevent display of unwanted usage/error message?

2016-01-22 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I'm using a qx call to "net user username /DOMAIN" (probably should use system instead) to determine whether a person having an active account in an application is still an employee. I get two messages back (error and/or usage) when a username is not found. "The user name could not be fo

Re: Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh

2016-01-18 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 1/18/2016 4:06 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> Taking a very long time to run >> /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh >> >> How long should it take? I've had to ter

Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh

2016-01-18 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh How long should it take? I've had to terminate it prior to completion a couple of times because I had to logout of the machine (Windows 2008 Standard server). The longest I had it run was about 18 hours. Somet

has anyone used Cygwin as a build system for android?

2015-12-28 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I'm considering using Cygwin as a build system for android. I'm totally new at this. What would I need that Cygwin itself does not provide? I know I need an Android SDK and an Android NDK (I have to build/link C/C++ with Java too). I assume that I will need Oracle Java. Is this doable

Re: mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

2015-11-30 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote: > On 26.11.2015 09:26, EXT David Macek wrote: >> >> On 26. 11. 2015 2:27, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> >>> Hi; >>> >>>It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-existing MKS Toolkit >

mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

2015-11-25 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-existing MKS Toolkit installation prevents an interactive Cygwin window (mintty) from starting properly. If the c:\mksnt directory (where MKS Tookkit is installed) is renamed to c:\NOTmksnt, then double-clicking the Cygwin icon results in:

Install Cygwin on mounted drive for multiple concurrent users on multiple machines?

2015-11-19 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I didn't see this in the Cygwin FAQ (perhaps I didn't look carefully enough or perhaps it is too obvious a question). Instead of installing Cygwin on each Windows machine, is it advisable to install it once on a public mounted drive? Then not only multiple users (concurrent or not) could

Can MKS Toolkit and Cygwin safely co-exist on Windows servers?

2015-11-16 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I now work in a Windows-centric build and release environment. The MKS Toolkit currently exists on most (if not all) of the Windows servers. If I were to install Cygwin, would it conflict with MKS Toolkit? Secondly, I'm really confused about 32bit versus 64bit servers; should I just

Re: Executing Windows commands from Cygwin with or without cmd: what are the pros and cons?

2013-11-04 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Kenneth Wolcott! > >> Where can I find information regarding the pros and cons of using or >> not using the cmd command to execute Windows commands from Cygwin? > > If you clarify, what exactly you are try

Executing Windows commands from Cygwin with or without cmd: what are the pros and cons?

2013-11-04 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Where can I find information regarding the pros and cons of using or not using the cmd command to execute Windows commands from Cygwin? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://

pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package

2013-09-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; FYI. pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package uname -r reports 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) obtained fresh setup-86.exe prior to updating. Thanks, Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http

brltty postinstall error during setup-x86.exe Cygwin install

2013-07-30 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Here's the error during the install: Package: Unknown package brltty.sh exit code 1 Here's the pertinent line in the /var/log/setup.log.full: 2013/07/30 20:56:03 running: C:\cygwin32\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/brltty.sh" cygrunsrv: Error installing a service:

Re: please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion

2013-07-26 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:42 PM, marco atzeri wrote: > Il 7/27/2013 5:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott ha scritto: > >> Hi; >> >> please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for >> 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged >>

please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion

2013-07-26 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion I noticed cgf's "mirrored" cgwin installation for 64-bit and 32-bit Cygwin: very nice. Now, you guys might think I'm 100% nuts, but I download *everythi

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi All; Again, first of all, thanks for Cygwin! And thanks for Cygwin 64! Since almost all pertinent context in this email thread is now scattered (at least for me), I have removed all prior content in this reply. I just ran an update using the same mirror (kernel.org) I usually use. I

setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-22 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I think 64bit Cygwin is awesome :-) FYI: trivial postinstall errors: Downloaded setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com Selected c:\cygwin64 as install point Selected c:\cygwin64\download as download location Requested Install from Internet Postinstall errors: Package: bash bash.sh exit code

During postinstall, warning: Package: Unknown package; a2ps.sh exit code 2

2013-07-15 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Package: Unknown package a2ps.sh exit code 2 Is there a missing dependency? This is what happens when I run sh /etc/postinstall/a2ps.sh manually from mintty: $ sh -xv /etc/postinstall/a2ps.sh if [ ! -f /etc/a2ps-site.cfg ] then /usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc /usr/bin/cp /etc/defaults/et

Re: [OT] Directory separator symbol

2012-12-05 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
VMS. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, All! > > I'm sorry for this off-topic question, but knowing that this list is full of > people with different experience, I though I might ask. > Anyone know a filesystem or operating system, which is using directory > separat

Re: make producing basename error that can't be captured by "make &> make.out"

2012-03-01 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 19:05, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 18:52, Paul Allen Newell > wrote: >> >> Cygwin: >> >> I've already run an earlier version of this through the list to see if I >> was dealing with pilot error.

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

2012-02-02 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
>> Update: >> >> Starting the mintty shelll again I get the same message suggesting >> running the mkpasswd and mkgroup. >> >> I do the command without the -d and everything seems to work. >> >> mkpasswd -l > /.etc/passwd; mkgroup -l > /etc/group >                ^^' >              etc? > >> I

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

2012-02-02 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:12, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 00:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Jan 30 22:39, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> Hi; >>> >>> mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The >>> RPC ser

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

2012-01-31 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 00:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 30 22:39, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Hi; >> >> mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The >> RPC server is unavailable > > The User's Guide may help: > > http

mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

2012-01-30 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable fresh install, first time, of ALL (non-source) packages of cygwin on 64-bit Windows 7 Got the usual: "Your group is mkgroup..." I'm not currently in a domain and do not wish to be in a domain so

Re: mk_all

2011-05-20 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:09, kathy3826 wrote: > > >No, my guess is that you used mk_all when you should have used ./mk_all > >and that shows the real problem. > > > That wasn't the problem. Wow, this has been a very interesting detective puzzle game, a bit more difficult than "Twenty Questions"

Re: cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

2011-03-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
>> Hi Corinna; >> >> The problem seems to be fixed now (after a recent update). >> >> uname.exe -a >> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 KWOLCOTT-T61 1.7.8(0.236/5/3) 2011-03-01 09:36 i686 Cygwin > > Since Corinna replied on 3/3 and your Cygwin DLL version was built on 3/1, > I think it's fair to assume that you don't

Re: cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

2011-03-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 02:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar  2 18:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Hi; >> >>   I get the following error output when opening a terminator (enclosed >> at bottom of the email). >> >>   This is the jessies.org terminator, not th

cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

2011-03-02 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi;   I get the following error output when opening a terminator (enclosed at bottom of the email). This is the jessies.org terminator, not the gnome terminator.   Now I don't get the following when I open a cygwin prompt.   So I thought it might be a terminator thing.   I had just updated t

Re: Mg3a - a version of Mg2a developed on Cygwin

2011-02-25 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 13:46, Bengt Larsson wrote: > Bengt Larsson wrote: >>Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>>>>sigh, no ^X d (aka dired mode) by default ! >>>> >>>> True. I never use it. I kind of philosophically disagree with it. >>> >&g

Re: Mg3a - a version of Mg2a developed on Cygwin

2011-02-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
One comment in-line... On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 22:47, Bengt Larsson wrote: > Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > Thanks for your informed criticism. But I haven't suggested it should be > delivered with Cygwin. > >>make install should copy mg to /bin instead of /docs/Command, > > Yup > >>copy >>documentat

Re: 1.7.7: Windows 2003 R2 WOW64: Cygwin installation fails

2011-02-10 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 18:53, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/10/2011 09:00 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> On 02/10/2011 08:16 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >>> After having so much difficulty post-upgrade Cygwin 1.5 to 1.7 on my >>> Windows 2003 R2 WOW64 machine: >>> >>>     I prepared a fresh installation of Wi

Re: 'cygcheck -p' timeout on WinXP (Winsock error 12002)

2010-12-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 17:43, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi All, > > Windows XP, fully patched. Cygwin, latest download from website > (installed today). > > It appears cygcheck times out on Windows XP. The timeout occurs with > the Windows firewall up and down. Other downloads are function fin

Re: Problem installing packages

2010-12-11 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 20:26, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi All, > > According to http://www.cygwin.com/, "Run setup.exe any time you want > to update or install a Cygwin package. ": > > jeff...@descartes ~ > $ setup.exe > > Result is a message box that states "Please go to the Control Panel to

Re: trouble posting to cygwin-apps

2010-10-08 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
2010/10/7 SZABÓ Gergely : > Hello, > > The mailing list does not accept html email, that's fair enough. > > The real problem is, it also bounces every email with a company > disclaimer about intentions and original addressees. > > Well, the original addressee is cygwin at cygwin dot com, which is a

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:37, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! > >>> see "setup --help" > >>> -n --no-shortcuts     Disable creation of desktop and start >>>                              menu shortcuts > >> This is only a band-aid.  It does not change the fact that the prog

Re: Setup Error: setup.bz2 line 5232: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting NL

2010-07-26 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 13:37, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 13:20, Christopher Faylor > wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:27:01PM -0700, Dragos Toader wrote: >> >Hi all, >> > >> >I get the following parse error &

Re: xls to text conversion ?

2010-02-04 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi Maarten; There are Perl CPAN modules to create/write Excel and parse Excel (one of many examples http://search.cpan.org/~havi/Spreadsheet-Excel2Text-0.03/lib/Spreadsheet/Excel2Text.pm) which should work (I've not recently tried them) on cygwin. Search for these at http://search.cpan.org...

where is my "/usr/dict/words" or "/usr/share/dict/words on cygwin? (1.7)

2009-12-11 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; I update frequently. I always get everything from the standard cygwin mirrors. I have not seen /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words for quite some time now. I really like this package and it is not installed on any of our proprietary systems at work and it is not installed on an