Re: Accessing Windows files from Cygwin

2010-07-06 Thread ppmoore
I passed the problem, by using my script to write the renamed files to another directory. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Accessing-Windows-files-from-Cygwin-tp29077481p29082928.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem repor

Accessing Windows files from Cygwin

2010-07-05 Thread ppmoore
Hello, I' trying to use a BASH script running on Cygwin to change the name of a large number of Windows files. The filenames are in DOS 8.3 format. My script reads a translation file that lists each DOS 8.3 filename, and the corresponding correct filename. The problem is that the script cannot

Re: How to remotely log in and execute a *GUI* program

2007-10-15 Thread ppmoore
Many thanks all, for the replies. I'll try them out this weekend when I'm at my home PC. Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-remotely-log-in-and-execute-a-program-tf4618783.html#a13217671 Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscri

Re: How to remotely log in and execute a program

2007-10-13 Thread ppmoore
Hello again, Just to say that I found a partial solution, by copying the ssh login keys generated on Cygwin on the Windows box to the .ssh directory on the remote Linux box, and then executing from a local Cygwin xterm: DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ssh -Y -C -q [EMAIL PROTECTED] "command" But is ther

How to remotely log in and execute a program

2007-10-13 Thread ppmoore
Hello, I was wondering if someone here could help me. I'm using an old PC running SuSE 10.1 as a file server for backup purposes. I run a Windows-based backup program to copy the files across to the linux box via SMB shares. After the backup is finished, I would like to run a post-processing Lin

Re: Can't "ssh localhost" - password not accepted

2006-11-08 Thread ppmoore
Thanks for the response Larry. In the end I gave up, and simply used WinSCP. It works out of the box. OpenSSH configuration is too difficult for mere mortals like me ;<). Paul Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > ppmoore wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I followed these ins

Can't "ssh localhost" - password not accepted

2006-11-03 Thread ppmoore
Hello, I followed these instructions to install ssh on Cygwin, but they appear to be broken: http://www.nabble.com/ssh-and-SYSTEM-tf1863995.html#a5092524 I haven't been able to find any more detailed instructions anywhere else, so here I am... I downloaded the openssh package and installed. I

Re: SSH: Cygwin->Linux is slow

2006-11-03 Thread ppmoore
Fixed it, by simply re-installing the updated version of SuSE v10.1. The original version was buggy, it seemed. Sorry for wasting the group's time and bandwidth. Paul ppmoore wrote: > > Has anyone else experience very slow speed when connected from Cygwin to a > SuSE inux

Re: SSH: Cygwin->Linux is slow

2006-10-10 Thread ppmoore
Marko, No I don't run any kind of P2P or Bit Torrent software on the XP box. Thanks, Paul Marko Bozikovic wrote: > > ppmoore wrote: >> Has anyone else experience very slow speed when connected from Cygwin to >> a >> SuSE inux box using ssh? >> >>

Re: SSH: Cygwin->Linux is slow

2006-10-09 Thread ppmoore
Yes, I do. Thanks, I'll try it out. Paul Brett Serkez-2 wrote: > > >> that the time between typing a letter and viewing >> the response is of the order of 1-2 seconds. > > Are you running anit-virus software? Do you have active virus > scanning turned on? If so, try turning it off to see

SSH: Cygwin->Linux is slow

2006-10-09 Thread ppmoore
Has anyone else experience very slow speed when connected from Cygwin to a SuSE inux box using ssh? I'm not talking about the connection time. I mean that when logged onto the linux box using an xterm, that the time between typing a letter and viewing the response is of the order of 1-2 seconds.