crontab fails to change crontab file: "no changes made to crontab"

y reading of the source this look like a failure to rename the temporary file. What have I done wrong? regards ------- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://p

Re: crontab fails to change crontab file: "no changes made to crontab"

Administrator and tried: chmod 1777 /var/cron but still no changes were made to the permissions. Does this indicate the error? regards --- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web P

Re: crontab fails to change crontab file: no changes made to crontab

'Fraid not. I saw that one, but I'm just getting the bog-standard /usr/bin/vim editor, having established no preferences. regards ------- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web P

Re: crontab fails to change crontab file: "no changes made to crontab"

None0 Oct 10 15:20 /var/cron but unfortuantely crontab is still unable to edit the file it creates with the first crontab -e. I even tried adding group write permission to /var/cron/tabs/sholden, but that did no good either. I'm thinking "reinstall" here ... puzzled-ly

Re: crontab fails to change crontab file: "no changes made to crontab"

ay, and the /var/cron/tabs file still has the same indoe number. regards ------- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http:

Setting cygwin permissions from Windows programs

that will result in predictable permissions when the output tree is viewed from Cygwin? A Python recipe would be useful, but I'll take what I can get! regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyC

Re: Setting cygwin permissions from Windows programs

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Steve Holden wrote: I am writing a Python program to generate file trees to be distributed to a Linus machine using Cygwin's scp. As the GUI to this program uses wxPython, a native Windows approach is the most straightforward. Is there any way to set permis

Re: Setting cygwin permissions from Windows programs

D] /c/Apache/htdocs/comsite $ ls -l index.html -rwx-- 1 sholden None 13834 Dec 20 14:33 index.html I'm quite happy to take this up as a Python error if indeed it is. But if so I'd appreciate understanding how I could use cacls to assert -rwxr-xr-x on that file. My hope is that

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

rvice pack 2 (or some other user-controlled firewall) at the same time? It's unlikely to be something this simple, but it's always worth checking the simple stuff. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.co

Cygwin font problems: freetype 2.1?

that shed light on this mystery will be gratefully received. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/pr

Re: A problem while using urllib

Steve Holden wrote: Johnny Lee wrote: [...] I've sent the source, thanks for your help. [...] Preliminary result, in case this rings bells with people who use urllib2 quite a lot. I modified the error case to report the actual message returned with the exception and I'm seeing t

Re: A problem while using urllib

Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 12 09:57, Steve Holden wrote: [...] Talking about a testcase, if you want to submit a bug report, could you please apply a simple, self-contained, OOTB testcase, written in plain C, which shows what's going on? I just see an EINPROGRESS error message abov

Cygwin (1.5.24) PIL(1.1.6) Install Problem: tight looping

user CPU, like real 0m28.911s user0m0.210s sys 0m0.220s I'm somewhat bamboozled here, so all suggestions are welcome. regards Steve Original Message Subject: [SPAM] [Image-SIG] Cygwin Install Problem Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:15:58 -0400 From: Steve Holden &l

Re: Cygwin (1.5.24) PIL(1.1.6) Install Problem: tight looping

Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Steve Holden wrote: I have tried to install it, but each time I do I see the first compile command start to run and the process hangs. If I CTRL/C the setup.py and restart it, it begins the next compile (implying that

Re: Cygwin (1.5.24) PIL(1.1.6) Install Problem: tight looping

Steve Holden wrote: Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Steve Holden wrote: I have tried to install it, but each time I do I see the first compile command start to run and the process hangs. If I CTRL/C the setup.py and restart it, it begins the next

Re: hacked package on server

ause you made a selection without thinking about it"? ;-) I swear that if you put up a dialog box saying "Drop a nuclear weapon on your home? Yes/No" half the world would click "Yes", then complain when their homes were destroyed. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 5

Re: Request for running a test application

D_STREAMS : TRUE FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME : FALSE FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS : FALSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Projects/Python $ regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com S

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

this, but reporting each and every such spam to the SEC is merely going to compound the problem by spamming them. If you aren't part of the answer then you are part of the problem ... regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http:

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

DePriest, Jason R. wrote: On 8/6/07, Steve Holden wrote: Joel Rubin wrote: pdftotext.exe, part of the XPDF package, can be recompiled with a /* comment */ cut around the permission-to-copy/print code. Probably the other programs will also work but since the PDF files being spammed just a

Re: Copy text from secured PDF

Dave Korn wrote: On 07 August 2007 12:14, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:58:17PM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: In which case you should be forwarding the complete message, not pre-processing it - quite apart from anything else, you would reduce its forensic and evidential

Re: PERL's Encode::Byte is being flagged by AVGfree as WIN32/PolyCrypt anyonelse

harp shock. But they did fix their signatures very quickly once informed of the position. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --- As

Re: Possible bug: d does not seem to read ~/.d.conf

reading the moment your preconceived expectations have been satisfied is a recipe for leading oneself into self-delusion. As the King of Romania I have to take exception to that. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http

Re: How to rename file case-sensitive?

syntax is rename from to filelist so here you need rename foo Foo foo Fergus How about: $ mv foo bar && mv bar foo Looks like a NOOP to me Well, it does have the side-effect of deleting any bar that might be lying around. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266

Re: Cygwin: Problem detecting subprocess termination after _spawn_posix in distutils?

Steve Holden wrote: Martin v. Löwis wrote: The only environment variables that don't appear in the shell output from the env command are INFOPATH, MAKE_MODE and PLAT. I am still flummoxed. At this point, I'd recommend to perform a cygwin update; with Cygwin, these problems often go

Re: Problem building GCC on Cygwin on Vista

Dave Korn wrote: [...] toiletless[*] in this matter. [...] [*] - Y'know. Nothing to go on. snicker regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.h

Re: How do I make scripts my PC executable

ckup-all #! /bin/sh . /etc/profile . /home/dpchrist/.bash_profile # do backup stuff Wouldn't it be possible to omit the first two executable lines and have the batch script read c:\cygwin\bin\bash -l ./ssh-backup-all regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266

Re: How do I make scripts my PC executable

David Christensen wrote: I wrote: $ cat ssh-backup-all.bat C:\cygwin\bin\bash ./ssh-backup-all Steve Holden wrote: Wouldn't it be possible to omit the first two executable lines and have the batch script read c:\cygwin\bin\bash -l ./ssh-backup-all I posted a sample

Re: How do I make scripts my PC executable

David Christensen wrote: Steve Holden wrote: I posted alternative content for the batch script that would save you from putting two unnecessary lines in the shell script. Or so I thought. The -l (or --login) option has bash read its usual startup files, thereby avoiding the need four the

Re: How do I make scripts my PC executable

original posting was all. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --- Asciimercial -- Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag t

Re: Help with mount..

er than what you have tried so far. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --- Asciimercial -- Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag th

Re: FW: Help with mount..

Dave Korn wrote: On 04 September 2007 06:45, Steve Holden wrote: [...] but it doesn't give any specifics of what a win32path is supposed to be It's a win32 (i.e. windows) path - i.e. a standard dos-style path beginning with a drive letter and a colon. The user guide has more

Re: Threading issue in cygwin python 2.5.1-2 ?

19966186 0.65381986854 0.770733203355 0.114970365957 0.717903651883 0.716191537539 0.377106793004 0.137836788132 C:\Steve\Projects\Python> regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.

Re: Threading issue in cygwin python 2.5.1-2 ?

Jim Kleckner wrote: Steve Holden wrote: Jim Kleckner wrote: Jim Kleckner wrote: I get an exception running a Python example that uses threads that I downloaded from the net (ASPN): http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82965 Would some kind soul try the example and let

Re: Threading issue in cygwin python 2.5.1-2 ?

Igor Peshansky wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Steve Holden wrote: Running the example on the above Python system I just see the command prompt return with no program output whatsoever: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Projects/Python $ /usr/bin/python test03.py So it fails, but doesn't bring up the exce

Re: Webdav batch file transfer: curl, wget

MAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo https://server/path/file{AA,BB,CC,DD,EE}.txt https://server/path/fileAA.txt https://server/path/fileBB.txt https://server/path/fileCC.txt https://server/path/fileDD.txt https://server/path/fileEE.txt regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 8

wxPython build

Does anyone have a ready-made recipe for building wxPython (and, if necessary, wxWidgets) under Cygwin? I'd like to use the msw back-end rather than the gtk back-end. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenwe

Re: Cygwin: Problem detecting subprocess termination after _spawn_posix in distutils?

Steve Holden wrote: Steve Holden wrote: [Python interpreter hanging during distutils install of Python imaging library 1.1.6] Martin v. Löwis wrote: The only environment variables that don't appear in the shell output from the env command are INFOPATH, MAKE_MODE and PLAT. I am

Re: wxPython build

Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Steve Holden wrote: Does anyone have a ready-made recipe for building wxPython (and, if necessary, wxWidgets) under Cygwin? I'd like to use the msw back-end rather than the gtk back-end. These use gtk2, but the

Re: wxPython build

oaded was a .tar.gz, unpacked with tar -xzf, and mount confirms that all mounts are binmode. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog a

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

hey are prepared to contribute so willingly and so much. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline -- Unsubscribe info: htt

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Marko Loparic wrote: Hello Steve, On 9/17/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just a quick note, by the way, to question your apparent assumption that "paid support" will get you any further than using this list! I have already tried the list, some people helped, some

Re: strange behavior with perl v 5.8.8

is is to use integer variables to control the loop and calculate the start value each time around. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate

Re: ssh connection from a linux box is extremely slow

following might work: # echo 'UseDNS no' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config # /etc/init.d/sshd restart Hope this helps. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.ho

Re: newbie question -- problem with launching shell script files

d +x run.sh' works fine. Both those issues are to do with making sure your shell script is correcttly treated as executable. I would really appreciate if anyone could help to deal with this problem. Hope this helps. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119

Re: Cannot run psql under Cygwin

> Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 DjangoC

Re: Cygwin 1.7.5 segfault during setup

*** > > Is there a problem with the cached mirrors list? Can I clear that > cache? Can it be the .NET framework I have installed on my machine? I > would appreciate any and all ideas anyone has on how to resolve this > issue, as I ne

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.3.003-1

at this has been supported in the past I am guessing it's an oversight. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010http://djangocon.us/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC h

Re: last email

t; >> Mr. David Brown >> Global International >> >> >> > > Discuss what? > > > Please do not feed the trolls. -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010http://djangocon.us/ See Python Video!

Re: Cygwin: texi2dvi stumbles over texinfo.tex

applied? I just ran into the same problem, > four years later, and I'm not the only one since then (I notice > another thread from 2007). > We don't need no stinkin' issue tracker. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Dj

Re: Cygwin: texi2dvi stumbles over texinfo.tex

On 8/20/2010 7:53 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > On 8/20/2010 5:29 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: >> On Thu 25 May 2006, Karl Berry wrote: >> >>> This line in fmtutil.cnf indicates the problem: >>> >>> etexpdfetex language.def >>>

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.3.003-1

> I ran Process Explorer and it looks like zsh has handles open to vi, > vim, view and vimdiff - although these executables are definitely not > running. > The shell has probably cached them to speed up command lookup and dispatch. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571

Re: Cygwin: texi2dvi stumbles over texinfo.tex

On 8/20/2010 9:22 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/20/2010 06:00 AM, Steve Holden wrote: >> >> My intention was to highlight the fact that issues will (eventually) be >> re-raised thanks to the phenomenal group memory of this list. But of >> course the issue might have had

Re: Cygwin 1.7 problems on Windows XP SP2

t; > 2. <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA> > Supplementary: what do you do when rebaseall fails to work? I've tried to post my cygcheck output a couple of times, but perhaps gmane has volume limits. Guess I could use e-mail ... regards Steve -- Steve Holden

Re: Cygwin: texi2dvi stumbles over texinfo.tex

On 8/20/2010 11:43 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 08:00:14AM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: >> On 8/20/2010 7:53 AM, Steve Holden wrote: >>> On 8/20/2010 5:29 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: >>>> On Thu 25 May 2006, Karl Berry wrote: >>>> &g

Re: Cygwin 1.7 problems on Windows XP SP2

On 8/20/2010 4:04 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 8/20/2010 3:31 PM, Steve Holden wrote: [...] > If rebaseall is "failing", then that makes me think that some kind of > BLODA is your real issue. > Hmm, I didn't check hard enough - it was Spybot. Thanks. rega

Shared folsers under Vista

e the folder is not shared. Can someone explain how to avoid the sharing in the first place? It doesn't seem to happen to everyone. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010http://djangocon.us/ See Python Video!