System crontab with username containing a space

hich would contain more personal stuff. Does cron support spaces in username in the system crontab? If so, how to escape them? --Gene -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe

Re: TortoiseGit + Cygwin git: unified diff fails (cygheap read copy failed)

On 17 November 2016 at 02:42, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: > Hey everybody! > > I'm using TortoiseGit with Cygwin git (Cygwin workarounds enabled in > advanced TortoiseGit settings). For the most part, everything works > correctly. > The only problem: in TortoiseGit log for any

Re: TortoiseGit + Cygwin git: unified diff fails (cygheap read copy failed)

>> I'm using TortoiseGit with Cygwin git (Cygwin workarounds enabled in >> advanced TortoiseGit settings). For the most part, everything works >> correctly. > > Although this is probably unrelated, I've had problems with > TortoiseSVN and Cygwin's svn (not Git), because Tortoise uses DOS line > end

TortoiseGit + Cygwin git: unified diff fails (cygheap read copy failed)

Hey everybody! I'm using TortoiseGit with Cygwin git (Cygwin workarounds enabled in advanced TortoiseGit settings). For the most part, everything works correctly. The only problem: in TortoiseGit log for any repository, right-click any commit, pick "show changes as unified diff", there's an error

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

Hey, sounds cool. Did you submit your patch to Cygwin devs? Are there plans for accepting it? On 7 October 2016 at 05:06, Rinrin wrote: > 在 2016/10/6 18:14, Gene Pavlovsky 写道: >> On 5 October 2016 at 06:00, Rinrin wrote: >>> Hi Gene: >>> I made a patch for my priv

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

On 5 October 2016 at 06:00, Rinrin wrote: > Hi Gene: > I made a patch for my private use. > First of all, you should setup `nativenocheck` in CYGWIN environment > variable to enable this feature. > If the target does not exist, it will check the last digit of target > pat

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

ether it's native or cygsymlink? On 5 October 2016 at 02:08, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: > Eric, > > Before writing a patch it's wise to check if it would be accepted, now > that your position is clear, somebody might do it. > I don't think I'm up for the task, but I&#x

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

Eric, Before writing a patch it's wise to check if it would be accepted, now that your position is clear, somebody might do it. I don't think I'm up for the task, but I'd like to at least take a look at the sources. I've downloaded the git sources and found the link creation function is in winsup/

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

7:56, Gerrit Haase wrote: > Hello Gene, > > in my opinion, it is not a setup.exe or tar problem, but I think > packages should not include symlinks at all. All can be created > postinstallation by the postinstall script, inside Cygwin and the > users environment it is running o

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

That is a good solution indeed, if I just want to get the result I want, for myself. But it's just local solution. On 4 October 2016 at 09:57, Vlado wrote: > On 3.10.2016 23:15, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> >> How about this kind of modification for the setup program: extract

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

it spreads responsibility among all the package maintainers, and it will take a long time to reach. On 3 October 2016 at 15:08, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Gene Pavlovsky (Mon, 3 Oct 2016 00:46:54 +0300) >> >> So, when installing, the type of symlinks doesn't honor the CYGWIN &g

Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe

utomatically convert symlinks when extracting, if necessary? --Gene On 2 October 2016 at 14:00, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Gene Pavlovsky (Sat, 1 Oct 2016 18:52:47 +0300) >> >> I'm installing Cygwin 64-bit on a fresh Win 7 x64 installation. >> Before running se

Native symlinks and setup.exe

are cygwin symlinks. Apparently, setup doesn't honor the winsymlinks:native CYGWIN option. Is that intended (why?) or a bug? --Gene -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html U

Re: Bash shell script issue

ng with high-level languages, involving complicated architectural frameworks: sometimes you write more than strictly necessary, to prevent problems in the future, make code more readable, maintainable etc. Regards, --Gene -- 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: Script broken after updating bash to 4.3.46-7?

knows what other scripts might be broken now? And each one might need an investigation before I find out which program's windows version needs a wrapper script etc. --Gene On 4 September 2016 at 20:37, Lee wrote: > On 9/4/16, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> This issue never affected me

Re: Script broken after updating bash to 4.3.46-7?

out where exactly is the problem, where to put '| d2u', or maybe 'set -o igncr'. These fixes must also be applied anytime a 3rd party script is updated. Quite a lot of work! Hope you will consider my point. Regards, Gene. On 30 August 2016 at 23:57, cyg Simple wrote: > On

Re: bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt

On 2 September 2016 at 16:32, Eric Blake wrote: > On 09/02/2016 06:52 AM, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> Dear Eric Blake, >> >> Basically, I don't want to set `igncr` as system-wide shell option >> (e.g. through SHELLOPTS). > > Don't use it, then. I hi

Re: bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt

rate from igncr) if you'd like, but keep the default behavior same as it was for a long time. How do you think? Regards, Gene Pavlovsky On 30 August 2016 at 16:40, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/30/2016 02:49 AM, Houder wrote: >> ... uhm ... what about the explanation in the help? >>

Re: bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt

Re-posting a reply I got from Henri (aka Houder) hou...@xs4all.nl His letter follows: Hi Gene, Reread your entry to the mailing list ... > Apparently the latest bash in Cygwin modified the read builtin to use > Cygwin-specific shell option igncr to control ignoring \r characters > in

Re: Script broken after updating bash to 4.3.46-7?

e, Windows build of mysql (MariaDB)) that produce CRLF line endings. --Gene On 27 August 2016 at 19:15, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Gene Pavlovsky! > >> Looks like it's related to a recent change in bash, which is `read` >> now honors Cygwin-specific `igncr` shell option (`

bash: igncr shell option breaks my PS1 prompt

scripts with CRLF line endings lurking on my system, pretending to be nice - then one day I'll copy one to my Linux box where it will break, surprising me more than when I first created it or checked out from git. Regards, --Gene -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FA

Re: Script broken after updating bash to 4.3.46-7?

malfunctioning now? It's lucky that one sent e-mails on errors, some others might just break silently. Is it advisable to add `set -o igncr` to /etc/profile or SHELLOPTS? I didn't use that feature before and am worried about some other negative side effects. --Gene On 27 August 2016 at 02:

Script broken after updating bash to 4.3.46-7?

ipt worked before, considering that this command in an interactive shell produces a similar result: ```bash # echo $'information_schema\r' | { read -r var; echo "{$var}"; } }information_schema ``` But it did work somehow... Question is - what made it stop working now, and w

Re: cygstart.exe can't open file:///C:/

Thanks for clarification, guys! Indeed it was my bad for including customary three forward slashes. Both file://C:/ and file://./C:/ do work with cygstart. Appreciate the help. On 7 July 2016 at 20:43, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Brian Inglis! > >> Andrey Repin writes: >>>Brian Inglis writes

Re: cygstart.exe can't open file:///C:/

Even if it's similar to Windows command-line, you are still in a POSIX > system, and Cygwin use /cygdrive/ for all the drive letters. > > So for file:///C:/ you should use file:///cygdrive/c/ > > On 2016-07-04 at 01:51, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> cygstart‘s manpage says i

cygstart.exe can't open file:///C:/

cygstart‘s manpage says it’s similar to the Windows command-line start command. It is indeed able to open http://example.com in the default browser. However, cygstart file:///C:/ results in an error message: Unable to start 'C:\cygwin\c\': The specified file was not found. The Windows start comman

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

I have to use `native`. c) Explicitly mention this behavior in Cygwin User Guide, so people know that using `nativestrict` can break some scripts that rely on creation of dangling symlinks. Currently the wording in CUG sounds like it might fail because the filesystem doesn't support symlinks or

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

> > POSIX says a symlink to a missing target is perfectly well-defined (you > > can't stat() through it, but you can readlink() it). But Windows native > > symlinks can't do that. So the problems you are encountering all stem > > from the fact that you are trying to make Windows do something it ca

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

is a dangling symbolic link, or target or linkpath is an empty string. So my understanding is: target must be non-empty, not too long, and don't point outside the accessible address space. Nothing about existence. --Gene On 29 April 2016 at 03:05, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: > I don't

Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

April 2016 at 02:06, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Gene Pavlovsky! > >> I have an issue to report: > >> Introduction: On a UNIX system, `ln -s target link` creates a link >> regardless of target's existence. >> This is used in some scripts, e.g. Gento

`CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist

Hello everybody! First post on this mailing list, my name is Gene, I'm from Russia, long-time Linux user, but had to use Windows as desktop for the last 8 years. Cygwin really helps me to keep my sanity! Thanks :) I have an issue to report: Introduction: On a UNIX system, `ln -s target

Re: gdb crashes

On 03/13/2015 05:49 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 12 15:44, Gene Smith wrote: I just updated cygwin and installed gdb. When I run it with no parameters it crashes and prints: : /home/corinna/src/gdb/gdb-7.8/gdb-7.8.1.i686/src/gdb-7.8/gdb/common/common-utils.c:149 internal-error: xsprintf

gdb crashes

but the latest 7.8.2 also failed with the same message. Here's the stackdump (32-bit cygwin): Stack trace: Frame Function Args 0148C638 61030F12 (0148, EA60, 00A4, 0148C698) 0148C758 610E514A (002B002B, 0148CD78, 800765F0, 61184D69 Is it just me? -gene -- Problem report

Re: starting cygwin shell

Thomas Wolff towo.net> writes: > > Am 07.04.2013 09:42, schrieb Gene: > > Hello Forum, > > I am new to cygwin. > > I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start cygwin from w7 windows menu. > Cygwin install creates a "Cygwin Terminal" icon on your desk

starting cygwin shell

Hello Forum, I am new to cygwin. I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start cygwin from w7 windows menu. I am looking for next: 1. new shell is created with next prompts: gene@len /cygdrive/c $ 2. Backspace and arrow keys can move cursor to beginning. At the default installation, I can

Command Line Editing does not work, please help

> Hello folks, > I am trying to use line editing commands: > C-b > Move back one character. > C-f > Move forward one character > > and they are not working. > I also want to start using history features - search or list history file for > recent execution lines. > > I looked through Bash Referenc

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Going back to beta-1.7 default install that ran fast I noticed that it was actually using a mingw32 version of "make" from winavr project and not the cygwin "make". The default cygwin install does not include make. When I

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Gene Smith wrote: Well, it was OK at first after a reinstall with the "default" setup, enough to run and build a project with an cross compiled embedded toolchain. But when I install gcc, make, svn etc (enough to compile the openocd project) then it is slow again. I ran strace o

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Dave Korn wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Since I don't have a "HOME" env var in windows, cygwin is getting the cygwin HOME from /etc/passwd. So I tried it both ways. With 1.5 I set home to be the empty directory /home/smited (under

Re: Slow/sluggish response [Solved, sort of]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Since I don't have a "HOME" env var in windows, cygwin is getting the cygwin HOME from /etc/passwd. So I tried it both ways. With 1.5 I set home to be the empty directory /home/smited (under c:/cygwin). It didn't make it a

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.25-15

Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jun 14 13:05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I've uploaded a new release Cygwin 1.5.25-15. This is a bug fix release. Changes since version 1.5.25-14: - Fix a potential problem with pressing Ctrl-C in remote sessions from within a Windows console. Under some circumstan

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote, On 06/22/2009 08:08 PM: There's also 1.7 - <http://cygwin.com/#beta-test> 1.7 seems to fix it. It now takes 34 seconds as compared to 14 minutes with cygwin-1.5. (But I suspect that a fresh install o

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote, On 06/22/2009 08:08 PM: There's also 1.7 - 1.7 seems to fix it. It now takes 34 seconds as compared to 14 minutes with cygwin-1.5. (But I suspect that a fresh install of 1.5 might produce similar or better results.) At some point,

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote, On 06/22/2009 08:08 PM: Gene Smith wrote: Gene Smith wrote: I don't think it is a problem with cygwin itself. I was mainly curious if anyone sees the "system" task running 50% when doing a gcc build using Make (or similar intensive long term activit

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Gene Smith wrote: I don't think it is a problem with cygwin itself. I was mainly curious if anyone sees the "system" task running 50% when doing a gcc build using Make (or similar intensive long term activity). I have weak XP based laptop with no corporate security that r

Re: Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Gene Smith wrote: Over time my cygwin responsiveness seems to have diminished. When compiling a project I can see that "system" task (not the system idle task) is running a lot at 50%. I don't know if this is normal or not. Possibly there is some cor

Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

don't know. Or would possibly a reinstall of cygwin help? I have tried closing all other windows, rebooting etc but it is always slow. I don't notice a problem with other apps, just cygwin. Any other suggestions on what this could be? Thanks, -gene -- Problem reports: http://cyg

vi command line editing question.

Hi folks I am using Korn Shell type editing of the command line. Here is an example: I run isql command to ms sql server: set -o vi isql -E -S. go ! It runs fine. But when I try to repeat an execution of this command by going to history, finding that command and pressing 'v' for command

Hard links in tar, not untaring as expected

ure out what that is. Is anyone aware of some subtle changes in the win API that could cause this problem? Maybe there some permission settings that could cause this problem? Regards, gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygw

Are there plans to make gfortran a cygwin package?

There is a gfortran build for cygwin, which is readily available on the Web, but --- please correct me if I'm mistaken --- gfortran is not yet a cygwin package. Are there pany plans to make it one? Cygwin still comes with g77, but Gnu has stopped supporting that. Gene -- Unsubs

Will cygwin produced *.exe run w/o cygwin installed?

I have built a cross compiler for arm under cygwin from gnu sources and cygwin's gcc. I now have a bunch of .exe's that run fine under cygwin. Is it possible to use these on a system without cygwin installed. Right now I don't have a system w/o cygwin so can't t

Re: Backspace in gvim [SOLVED]

Gene Smith wrote, On 06/13/2005 12:28 AM: This may not be related in cygwin but since that's where I am seeing it I will go ahead and ask. I am running gvim 6.3 windows version and cygwin latest version on XP and 2k which I just installed. Backspace in insert mode used to delete the ch

Backspace in gvim

works in the email editor I am typing into now. Someone in a previous post dismissed this as "the way gvim works" but no mention was made of the deferred delete occurring when command mode entered. Anyone here know anything about this or seen this? Tks, -gene -- Unsubscribe

Re: Re :Re: apache start problem

Brian Dessent wrote, On 06/07/2005 06:58 AM: Alireza Ghasemi wrote: 1.I have never tried to create any username in Cygwin (Because I don't know how!).Also,I haven't given any username to apache.just I typed "apachectl start".How can I create a username in cygwin? 2.I have a very weak dial-up i

LXR on cygwin?

LXR and cygwin: http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/lxr.htm Thanks, -gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

Re: App run under rxvt shows files with backslashes

Oops, false alarm. When I actually checked it again today at work the program displays backslashes. Sorry for the spurious post. -gene Gene Smith wrote, On 05/22/2005 08:54 PM: When I run a particular compiler application from rxvt at work (via .bat and .mak files) the program prints file

App run under rxvt shows files with backslashes

win2k. But at home on XP Home Edition the pathnames have backslashes when I run the same program. Any idea why this seem to be different? Tks, -gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

Re: vi installation

The version in Cygwin is called "vim" and you can install it using the same setup utility that you used to install cygwin. It's under editors. While you're doing that you could also install "pdksh" which is the open implementation of ksh. It works very well, I use it every day. On 4/20/05, Lars

Cygwin web site?

Where has the cygwin web site gone? Seem to be refusing connections. http://www.cygwin.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygw

Error messages accompany manpage displays

for the foreign languages noted. I've posted the cygcheck output here: http://home.comcast.net/~gcruzicka/cyg.txt Gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.htm

Re: Setting SHMMAX in Cygwin

hat the only place that spells out the relationship between the two parameters --- thereby suggesting the means to adjust shmmax --- is in function shminit, which is rather deeply embedded in the source code tree: file /usr/src/cygwin/winsup/cygserver/sysgv_shm.cc to be precise. Gene -- Unsubscribe

Setting SHMMAX in Cygwin

teer to upgrade and deliver the unit. Of course, this assumes that the procedure has not actually been documented. Gene C. Ruzicka -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.c

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

rsync the mirror dir to the network share periodically using cron. I would probably have better performance too. -gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Smith, Gene wrote: You are right! That fixed it. There was already a "w" for the user "SYSTEM" but not on group and other. Guess that's what it needs. This fact should definitely be added to the readme or changed in the defa

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

d. I fixed that my rearranging the order of things. Also, it always complained that your mounts were not global even when they are. I also fixed that. Should I send a patch to someone or just send my fixed file to this list? Thanks for the help. -gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://c

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Smith, Gene Sent: 12 March 2004 15:38 The file nfs-server-2.2.47-2.README states: "If you want your mount and NFS daemons to re-export mapped network drives, you will need to run them under an account other than

nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

d/password+password.) If it it rejecting my account, what type of permissions do I need to be able to do this? cygcheck attached. Thanks, -gene Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri Mar 12 10:07:21 2004 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Re: GVIM

ork right. If you are interested I will look up what that package was. -gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: deleting a file ending with a dot

ch files is to employ "rm -i *," which then prompts for the removal of every file in the directory. it seems to work even for filenames with invalid syntax. gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problem

RE: setup.exe "Can't get list of download sites"

irewalls. > > > > I use a cable modem with a Linksys router issues > >static ips to each pc. > > No problem connecting to anything else. > > > > I have searched the mail archives and google for > >help and found relative > > post but to no avail. >

setup.exe "Can't get list of download sites"

pc. No problem connecting to anything else. I have searched the mail archives and google for help and found relative post but to no avail. Respectfully, Gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentatio

RE: rsync from cygwin still a problem.

Larry, It is still definitely a problem and I have noticed that In the past a lot of people also had problems with this. I am Not sure why your system is producing the right result. All I care I would like to get it too but I cannot. That's why I called for help.

rsync from cygwin still a problem.

Quoting Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 02:28 PM 11/26/2003, Gene Livshits you wrote: > >Could someone help me with the following problem? > > > >I have installed the latest cygwin distribution as of 11/25/2003 which > > >currently has rsync 2.5.6. W

Re: rsync from cygwin still a problem.

Also, when I do rsh to a host on my network I get the following error: $ rsh intapp01 rlogin: read: Socket operation on non-socket rlogin: connection closed. Quoting Gene Livshits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Could someone help me with the

rsync from cygwin still a problem.

ync is not working. -Gene. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Problem with cygwin.dll ver 1.5.0-1

-2.5.6/pipe.c(68) rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /tmp/rsync- 2.5.6/i o.c(177) Quoting Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:58:56AM -0400, Gene Livshits wrote: > >It looks like t

Problem with cygwin.dll ver 1.5.0-1

It looks like the rsync -e ssh problem with sockets was not fixed in cygwin1.dll ver 1.5.0-1. Does anyone know how to fix it or when it's going to be fixed? -Gene. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

Problem with cygwin.dll ver 1.5.0-1

It looks like the rsync -e ssh problem with sockets was not fixed in cygwin1.dll ver 1.5.0-1. Does anyone know how to fix it or when it's going to be fixed? -Gene. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

Problem with cygwin.dll ver 1.5.0-1

It looks like the rsync -e ssh problem with sockets was not fixed in cygwin1.dll ver 1.5.0-1. Does anyone know how to fix it or when it's going to be fixed? -Gene. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

/u/home permissions for new users' directories

se. am i doing this correctly, and/or is there a simpler way to give the power user (or any other user) the required access to the administrator /u/home directory? i couldn't find anything about this issue in the user's guide or in the mailing list archives. gene -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: termcap problem in RXVT?

n several months ago, but i never brought it up here because i mostly use tcsh instead of bash. it looks like a software bug. i'm on W2K. gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: print command setting in config.ps for cygwin

could be configured the way it usually is on UNIX systems. It's even nicer to know that a native UNIX print utility is being ported to Cygwin. Thanx!! Gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

print command setting in config.ps for cygwin

The config.ps file contains print settings used by the dvips program that's part of the TeTeX package. One of the settings specifies which UNIX command should be used to print. But the online User's Guide for Cygwin says that the lp, lpr commands don't work in Cygwin, and that the MS print comma

Re: Installed Cygwin, no 'cc'?

ind that the people who want to install EVERYTHING are disproportionately newbies, so porviding a simple way to allow that to happen seems sensible. gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

prompt malfunctions when invoking sh

when i use the bourne shell (sh,) the literal characters that are used to form the prompt (i.e., environmental variable $PS1,) which is set in /etc/profile on my system, .are displayed instead. for example, on my windows 2000 professional system, i see the following gibberish: \[\033]0;\w\00

file ownership incorretly displayed

it seems that file ownership is often not displayed correctly. for example, if i'm user1 and i type "ls -l" in directory /home , the system says that ALL user directories belong to user1 . note that user1 need NOT be an administrator. but cygwin seems to obey the access permissions consistent wi

Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everywhere?

- Original Message - From: "Eric M. Monsler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everywhere? > "Ge

Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everywhere?

- Original Message - From: "Collin Grady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everyw

why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everywhere?

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