Thank you for your advice Corinna!
>> The --servername options doesn't work on my Cygwin vim. Is there any
>> work-around to have vim on Cygwin use a single instance?
>
> Plain vim is explicitly build without X support, which is required for
> the clientserver option. This should work with gvim u
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From: "Kevin M"
To:
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:54 PM
Subject: Setup cygwin to ask before deleting a file?
> Hello,
> I was wondering if there is a way to setup cygwin to ask before
> deleting files.
Alias the stuff:
alias rm='rm -i'
Ridiculously easy,
Kevin M wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way to setup cygwin to ask before deleting
files. I'm learning Linux and Cywin and so any help would be appreciated!
Overall, I'd recommend getting yourself a good Linux/Unix utilities book.
You'll learn allot. Also, 'man' and 'info' are you
On 2008-12-12 21:54Z, Kevin M wrote:
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to setup cygwin to ask before
> deleting files.
Is
rm --interactive [files]
what you want?
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Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way to setup cygwin to ask before
deleting files. I'm learning Linux and Cywin and so any help would be
appreciated!
Thanks!
Kevin M
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terry.koo...@tsc.com wrote:
I installed Cygwin 1.7.
I've had a problem with Windows Vista and Cygwin 1.5 and was hoping the
new Cygwin would correct the problem.
I get the following error when I try to run some software that was
developed in house and that uses gcc.
fatal error - MapViewOfFile
Matthias Meyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to use exact the same procedures within XP and Vista.
> Linux-Server with backuppc, Windows-Clients with cygwin and rsyncd V3.0.4
> over OpenSSH V5.1p1 for backup.
> This will work with XP but unfortunately not with Vista (Home Basic) :-(
>
> In Vista I get
I installed Cygwin 1.7.
I've had a problem with Windows Vista and Cygwin 1.5 and was hoping the new
Cygwin would correct the problem.
I get the following error when I try to run some software that was developed in
house and that uses gcc.
fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx Win32 error 487.
FYI - I
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:51:11PM +0100, Andreas Eibach wrote:
>From: "Christopher Faylor"
>To: cygwin-xfree
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:28 PM
>Subject: Re: cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists to merge
Why are you duplicating the headers of the email in the body of the
message? There is no
On 12/12/2008 10:48 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
According to Corinna Vinschen on 12/12/2008 7:58 AM:
I don't think it's the right way to special case this for Cygwin in
kpathsea. This isn't exactly a Cygwin issue. The right thing to do
would be to change the test in a generic fashion from
if (st
I'd like to add that I did look at dlls loaded:
(a) of bash, when it was complaining that it could not fork;
(b) of cvs, when forked under gdb or ash.
I did this with listdlls, and I did not notice any clash.
I can gather and post that information if it would be useful.
Best wishes -- Eliot Mo
On Dec 12 16:50, Pach Roman (DGS-EC/ESG3) wrote:
> > > When I try the following
> > > > ls /u
> > > the command gets stuck.
> > > By command
> > > > strace ls /u
> > > it runs very fast without problems.
> > > Any ideas, what is the reason?
> > > Attached are the files cygcheck.out, mount.out and s
> Did you say that you saw the problem after logging out and logging in again?
No, logging out and logging in again doesn't reproduce the problem. Only
rebooting, in my eXPerience.
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:42:42AM -0500, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> >$ find /win/c/cygwin-1.7 -newer /tmp/timestamp
>> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/tmp
>> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/var/log/wtmp
>> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/var/run/utmp
>>
>> I don't think anything should rely on any of those but couldn't you
>> backup th
> >$ find /win/c/cygwin-1.7 -newer /tmp/timestamp
> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/tmp
> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/var/log/wtmp
> >/win/c/cygwin-1.7/var/run/utmp
>
> I don't think anything should rely on any of those but couldn't you
> backup the files before starting a 1.7 shell and then restore them to
> see if yo
Hi,
are there any periodic maintenance tasks, such as macosx's "periodic daily
weekly monthly", you can do on cygwin to keep c:\cygwin's size down?
Many thanks.
pr
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:26:03AM -0500, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>OK, so for us domain users, the first time we start a login shell after a
>reboot, the shell can't set our $HOME correctly and we get an error message.
>The
>second and subsequent times, there's no error. Other events such as insta
OK, so for us domain users, the first time we start a login shell after a
reboot, the shell can't set our $HOME correctly and we get an error message. The
second and subsequent times, there's no error. Other events such as installing
openssh may also cause the problem one time.
The way I figure i
On Dec 12 15:36, John Morrison wrote:
> On Fri, December 12, 2008 3:07 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Dec 12 14:58, John Morrison wrote:
> >> On Fri, December 12, 2008 2:41 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I don't think that has to do with the size of the /etc/passwd and
> >> > /etc/gr
> > When I try the following
> > > ls /u
> > the command gets stuck.
> > By command
> > > strace ls /u
> > it runs very fast without problems.
> > Any ideas, what is the reason?
> > Attached are the files cygcheck.out, mount.out and strac
> > <> e <> . <> out
>
> I have no netapp access and the c
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 01:56:37PM -, Phil Betts wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:49 PM::
>
>> The historical reasons for merging the cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists
>> no longer seems to exist so I am contemplating merging the two lists.
>>
>> If anyone has a c
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According to Corinna Vinschen on 12/12/2008 7:58 AM:
> I don't think it's the right way to special case this for Cygwin in
> kpathsea. This isn't exactly a Cygwin issue. The right thing to do
> would be to change the test in a generic fashion from
>
On Fri, December 12, 2008 3:07 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec 12 14:58, John Morrison wrote:
>> On Fri, December 12, 2008 2:41 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't think that has to do with the size of the /etc/passwd and
>> > /etc/group files. Not sure if I can work on that before
On Dec 12 14:58, John Morrison wrote:
> On Fri, December 12, 2008 2:41 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that has to do with the size of the /etc/passwd and
> > /etc/group files. Not sure if I can work on that before the christmas
> > break, though...
>
> Hi Corinna,
>
> So you h
On Fri, December 12, 2008 2:41 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> I don't think that has to do with the size of the /etc/passwd and
> /etc/group files. Not sure if I can work on that before the christmas
> break, though...
Hi Corinna,
So you have an idea as to the cause?
J.
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On Dec 12 09:44, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 12/12/2008 9:31 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Dec 11 13:14, Ken Brown wrote:
>>>
>>> I think you forgot to mention the change to st_nlink [1], which will
>>> affect some applications. For example, the kpathsea search library for
>>> texlive needs to be
On Dec 12 14:18, Pach Roman (DGS-EC/ESG3) wrote:
> When I try the following
> > ls /u
> the command gets stuck.
> By command
> > strace ls /u
> it runs very fast without problems.
> Any ideas, what is the reason?
> Attached are the files cygcheck.out, mount.out and strac
> <> e <> . <> out
I have
On 12/12/2008 9:31 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Dec 11 13:14, Ken Brown wrote:
I think you forgot to mention the change to st_nlink [1], which will affect
some applications. For example, the kpathsea search library for texlive
needs to be patched to accommodate the change. (I've sent the
On Dec 12 10:18, Robert Bram wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I read the tip here for using vim in server mode so that any new files
> you open in vim will go to the same vim instance in a new tab:
> http://piao-tech.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-new-files-as-tabs-in-current-vim.html
>
> The --servername options
On Dec 12 10:20, John Morrison wrote:
> On Thu, December 11, 2008 5:42 pm, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> >> Now, *sometimes* when I
> >> start cygwin (via the standard batch file) I get ~ to be my
> >> "c:\Documents
> >> and Settings\[user]\" and othertimes it all works and ~ is /home/morrijr
> >> which
On Dec 11 14:53, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 02:43:47PM -0500, Ken Brown wrote:
> >I have a small suggestion concerning mount -m. According to the user's
> >guide, mount -m is supposed to produce output that can be pasted into
> >/etc/fstab. This would be easier if mount -
On Dec 11 13:14, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 12/10/2008 3:34 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> At the end of this mail you will find a more or less complete list of
>> changes from 1.5.x to 1.7.x.
>
> I think you forgot to mention the change to st_nlink [1], which will affect
> some applications. For exam
Marco Atzeri schrieb:
--- Stephen Gallaghan ha scritto:
Hi
I am trying to connect to a remote (on local lan)
postgresql server
using cygwin.
When I try to run the psql program I am getting no
results (no messages
at all)
i am runing the version in /usr/bin
even if I try using the -V option
Christopher Faylor wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:49 PM::
> The historical reasons for merging the cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists
> no longer seems to exist so I am contemplating merging the two lists.
>
> If anyone has a compelling reason why this should not happen please
> send it to on
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A new release of tar, 1.20-2, is available for those testing cygwin 1.7.
1.20-1 remains current for cygwin 1.5 users.
NEWS:
=
This is a rebuild of 1.20-1, and picks up on cygwin 1.7's new support for
larger paths and new functions. See also the u
On Thu, December 11, 2008 5:42 pm, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> Now, *sometimes* when I
>> start cygwin (via the standard batch file) I get ~ to be my
>> "c:\Documents
>> and Settings\[user]\" and othertimes it all works and ~ is /home/morrijr
>> which is mounted to "d:\Wrkfile". I've not be able to
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