Re: How does Cygwin determine PWD

I am upgrading some of our scripts to use the latest version of Cygwin bash et. al. and run into an interesting problem that I'm having trouble explaining. I have put bash, pwd, etc. into a directory called support_tools, and have a batch file that does a cd to the support_tools directory and t

"as it was replaced while being copied" error when doing a cp command to an older Samba server

Hello all, I have a new Windows 7 PC (I'm already missing my old XP, sniff, sniff), and am attempting to copy files from a pretty old Samba server (2.2.5).  In the upgrade to Windows 7, I also upgraded to cygwin 1.7 and specifically to coreutils to 8.15-1.  I get the error: d:\dev>cp -r //ti

Re: ntvdm encountered a hard error

On 06/04/2010 09:29, prakash babu wrote: > I installed cygwin 1.5 using the legacy setup available at > http://cygwin.com/setup-legacy.exe. > > The install went through fine, but when I click on the cygwin binary i get > "ntvdm encountered a hard error". I think I ran into the same problem (alth

1.7.5-1: cp: skipping file `xxx', as it was replaced while being copied (again)

y suggestions on what to try would be appreciated, otherwise I will have to go back to 1.5.25. Thanks. --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412

Re: chere doesn't cd to directory

Wayne Johnson yahoo.com> writes: > > One problem though. Where I do the chere "Bash here" menu entry, it starts the > bash in the home directory. I dug through the xhere script and found the > "export CHERE_DIR=`cygpath -u $2`" commented out. If I c

chere doesn't cd to directory

I just discovered chere. I'd been using my own version called bash here, but chere is so much easier to install. One problem though. Where I do the chere "Bash here" menu entry, it starts the bash in the home directory. I dug through the xhere script and found the "export CHERE_DIR=`cygpath -u