1.3.22-1: tcsh starts with error

2003-06-20 Thread Ameesh Oza
I installed cygwin 1.3.22-1 on new computer (Win-XP). When I type tcsh to start a tcsh, I get the error if: Expression syntax. I have no .cshrc or .tcshrc files. I think this may be because my Win-XP user name is "Ameesh Oza" and unix does not like spaces in names. I had some error messages from

RE: bash kills console history

2003-06-20 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
I may be mis-understanding your question, but you have to be sure history is enabled on bash and you have HISTFILE set. CMD.EXE is a different shell with different history semantics. Under bash, I set 'vi' to 'on' to get get 'vi' compatible editing, but up/down arrow still work. You also have to

Re: bash kills console history

2003-06-20 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: bash kills console history" > * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:41:05 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 20 Jun 2003, Sam Steingold wrote: > > > when I start a non-cygwin interactive application i

Re: bash kills console history

2003-06-20 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On 20 Jun 2003, Sam Steingold wrote: > when I start a non-cygwin interactive application in a console window > under cmd, I can recall the previous lines with the key and edit > the current command line with and . > when I start the same application under bash, I can no longer recall > history

Re: Question about cygwin License

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:36:03PM -0400, Bill C. Riemers wrote: >Depending on the country you are distributing in, so long as you don't >actually distribute the cygwin.dll with your application, this may be >classified as "Fair Use". You'll have to consultant an attorney as "Fair >use" varies bot

Re: Question about Cygwin License

2003-06-20 Thread Bill C. Riemers
Depending on the country you are distributing in, so long as you don't actually distribute the cygwin.dll with your application, this may be classified as "Fair Use". You'll have to consultant an attorney as "Fair use" varies both by country and state. Some countries don't have a fair use clause

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Brian Dessent
Cary Lewis wrote: > Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? > > On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' libraries, etc. cause > a program to be covered by the GPL? > > If that were true, then wouldn't every program be GPL? Then you couldn't > have a

bash kills console history

2003-06-20 Thread Sam Steingold
when I start a non-cygwin interactive application in a console window under cmd, I can recall the previous lines with the key and edit the current command line with and . when I start the same application under bash, I can no longer recall history with (although & still work). What does bash d

RE: Problem with cron!

2003-06-20 Thread Harig, Mark
Please run the attached script. It will attempt to diagnose your problem with cron. It will not modify any files on your computer. You might need to run the script several times. Each time that it finds a problem, it stops and displays a descriptive message. > -Original Message- > From

RE: starting cron

2003-06-20 Thread Harig, Mark
Please run the attached script. It will attempt to diagnose your problem with cron. It will not modify any files on your computer. You might need to run the script several times. Each time that it finds a problem, it stops and displays a descriptive message. > -Original Message- > From

Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation

2003-06-20 Thread DEEPA SIVASANKARANE
Hi Igor, 1. Thanx for the reply. The "../include" directory got included when I used umsgcc. umsgcc is in /c/ums/bin. When I used gcc instead, there was no such problem,the appropriate gcclib directory got included and I got this: -

Re: Posible to create filenames with colons?

2003-06-20 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, jordi wrote: > As win FAT's doesn't allow any filename with that kind of characters > (\,/,:,*,?,",<,>,|), would like to know if a sometimes used character > like colon ":", can be mapped through cygwin as it just does with > slashes. Could be possible? Thanks. FYI, Cygwin

Re: cygwin gcc

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
Please check out the project web page for links to available information and ports: http://cygwin.com/ . If you don't see what you need there, then the cygwin mailing list is the best place to make observations or get questions answered. Information on the mailing list is available at the project

Posible to create filenames with colons?

2003-06-20 Thread jordi
As win FAT's doesn't allow any filename with that kind of characters (\,/,:,*,?,",<,>,|), would like to know if a sometimes used character like colon ":", can be mapped through cygwin as it just does with slashes. Could be possible? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscr

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:35:00PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * On the subject of "RE: cygwin license with windows apps?" >> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:18:41 -0400 >> * Honorable Cary Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Why is it that linking to the cy

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:18:41PM -0400, Cary Lewis wrote: >Some more questions: > >Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? Because that's how the GPL works. From the GNU GPL FAQ: "Linking FOO statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined wor

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "RE: cygwin license with windows apps?" > * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:18:41 -0400 > * Honorable Cary Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? because GPL says so: "This

RE: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Elfyn McBratney
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Cary Lewis wrote: > > > Some more questions: > > > > Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? > > Because the GPL is what's known as a "viral" license, infecting anything that > makes use if it. ^^

RE: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Elfyn McBratney
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Cary Lewis wrote: > Some more questions: > > Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? Because the GPL is what's known as a "viral" license, infecting anything that makes use if it. > On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' librar

RE: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Cary Lewis
Some more questions: Why is it that linking to the cygwin.dll makes a program covered by GPL? On Linux systems, does linking to the open source 'C' libraries, etc. cause a program to be covered by the GPL? If that were true, then wouldn't every program be GPL? Then you couldn't have any Programs

RE: Problem with cron!

2003-06-20 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Tim, This (loosely) translates as Unable to find the description for event ID ( 0 ) in source (crontab). Perhaps the local computer doesn't have the necessary information in the registry, or the message DLL files for printing messages from a remote computer. crontab : PID 1244 : (tim) END EDIT (

troubles with inetd

2003-06-20 Thread olivier
Hi, I installed the inetutils package on NT4.0. and on WIN98. On WIN98, I got no problems to run inetd and connect from other computer. On NT, it was installed as service, after an update of register tables, it could be run on the computer. But it was impossible to connect : "connection refused".

Noer's paper missing at Cygwin

2003-06-20 Thread Weiguang Shi
Hi, Browsing the Cygwin site, I noticed that the link http://cygwin.com/usenix-98/cygwin.html which is supposed to point to the paper, "Cygwin: A Free Win32 Porting Layer for UNIX Applications" by Geoffrey Noer, leads to nothing. Could anyone please send me a copy, preferably in PS or PDF? Thank

RE: problem with g77

2003-06-20 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Larry Hall > Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote: --8<-- > > What filesystem are you using? > > If not FAT or FAT32 then try "chmod u+x" on the executable. > > (IIRC there is some problems regarding chmod on FAT fs'es.) > > >

RE: Problem with cron!

2003-06-20 Thread Tim
i just checked the windows journal and i found many of the folowing entries: Impossible de trouver la description de l'ID d'événement ( 0 ) dans la source ( crontab ). L'ordinateur local n'a peut-être pas les informations de Registre nécessaires ou les fichiers DLL de messagerie pour afficher le

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:33:09AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?" >> * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500 >> * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build

RE: Problem with cron!

2003-06-20 Thread Tim
Just mention that i had previously changed my system time to 23:59 :) Thanks Tim > -Message d'origine- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part > de Tim > Envoyé : vendredi 20 juin 2003 16:35 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Problem with cron! > > > hi, > > i'm having a

Re: cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread Sam Steingold
> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "cygwin license with windows apps?" > * Sent on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:19:59 -0500 > * Honorable [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows > app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin

Problem with cron!

2003-06-20 Thread Tim
hi, i'm having a bit of truble with cron. i have just installed a fresh cygwin on a win2k box. first i create the following crontab --cut-- # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1244 installed on Fri Jun 20 16:27:11 2003) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2

cygwin license with windows apps?

2003-06-20 Thread bsiever
Greetings, Seeing all the postings about cygwin license, I have one question about the licensing as it relates to using cygwin and gcc to build a windows app. If you use gcc in the cygwin environment to build a windows app and link against the windows dll's (using -mnocygwin option), does this stil

starting cron

2003-06-20 Thread kumarchi
I am unable to start the cron. I followed the instruction in /usr/doc/Cygwin/README_cron and used cygrunsrv to start the service But the services in my windows it was unable to start the cron. Any suggextions? Thanx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem rep

Re: gdb attach/detach kills the target process

2003-06-20 Thread andrew brian clegg
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > That's the way Windows debugging works -- once you attach to a process, > detaching from it kills the process. No way around it. I don't think this is true any more. XP enables debuggers (or at least the VS debugger) to detach from executing pro

top is gone (PLUS sshd logs)

2003-06-20 Thread Fred Ma
Forgot to change the subject line Original Message Subject: Re: cygwin Digest 20 Jun 2003 09:53:42 - Issue 2902 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:54:15 -0400 From: Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carlo Florendo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:28:26 +0800 > From:

RE: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs)

2003-06-20 Thread Vince Hoffman
They are a little raw but the important stuff is there. the log in /var/log/sshd.log is the error log useful for stroubleshooting if sshd wont start. > -Original Message- > From: Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 June 2003 10:48 > To: Vince Hoffman > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sub

Re: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs)

2003-06-20 Thread Fred Ma
Original Message Subject: Re: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 05:47:06 -0400 From: Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Vince Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vince Hoffman wrote: > > Hi, > sshd stores its logs in the windows e

RE: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs)

2003-06-20 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi, sshd stores its logs in the windows event log. Vince > -Original Message- > From: Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 June 2003 08:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > F

Re: top is gone (PLUS sshd logs)

2003-06-20 Thread Fred Ma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Fred, > > I think top is part of the procps package. Try installing that. > > Regards, > > Jurgen Thanks, Jurgen. It turns out to be in /usr/bin, which I checked. It's amazing. I wonder how it disappeared the first time (before I wiped away c:\Cygwin). Right n

Re: top is gone

2003-06-20 Thread Carlo Florendo
Hi Fred, Try running "cygcheck -svr | grep procps" and if it gives you nothing, that means that top is not installed. By the way, you may want click the "Packages" link under http://cygwin.com and try to look for the utility you're missing. For example, you may type "top.exe" (without the dou

Re: top is gone

2003-06-20 Thread jurgen . defurne
Fred, I think top is part of the procps package. Try installing that. Regards, Jurgen Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/20/2003 08:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Jurgen Defurne/BRG/CE/PHILIPS) Subject:top is gon