[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libpng10-1.0.43-1; Removed: libpng10-devel

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The libpng packages offer the standard libraries for manipulating PNG files, a turbo-studly lossless image format. This is a security update for the backwards-compatibility 1.0.x version of this library. This update also removes the development package, as clients have now had about eight years to

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {libpng/libpng12/libpng12-devel}-1.2.35-1

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The libpng packages offer the standard libraries for manipulating PNG files, a turbo-studly lossless image format. This is a security update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This will most likely be the final libpng update for the cygwin-1.5 distribution; future development will continue with

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: libpng10-1.0.43-10; Removed: libpng10-devel

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The libpng packages offer the standard libraries for manipulating PNG files, a turbo-studly lossless image format. This is a security update for the backwards-compatibility 1.0.x version of this library. This update also removes the development package, as clients have now had about eight years to

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: {libpng/libpng12/libpng12-devel}-1.2.35-10

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The libpng packages offer the standard libraries for manipulating PNG files, a turbo-studly lossless image format. This is a security update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This is the first release specific for cygwin-1.7; the only differences between this package and the simultaneously-rel

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: {jpeg/libjpeg62/libjpeg-devel}-6b-20

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The jpeg package contains the Independent JPEG Group's libjpeg library and various utility programs for manipulating jpeg files and images. This is a routine update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This is the first release specific for cygwin-1.7; the only differences between this package and

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {jpeg/libjpeg62/libjpeg-devel}-6b-13

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The jpeg package contains the Independent JPEG Group's libjpeg library and various utility programs for manipulating jpeg files and images. This is a routine update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This will most likely be the final jpeg update for the cygwin-1.5 distribution; future developme

Re: Open a url by cygwin/bash script.

2009-03-07 Thread Hongyi Zhao
On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:31:07 +, Dave Korn wrote: > cygstart "http://www.google.cn"; > > The "cygstart" utility can launch anything that you can type in the "Start >Menu" -> "Run" box. Thanks a lot. -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Unsubscribe info

Re: problem under cygwin with sh, bash, ksh

2009-03-07 Thread Dirk Fassbender
Václav Haisman schrieb: Hubert Samm wrote, On 6.3.2009 14:26: Hi All... I've searched and found nothing this script runs just fine on AIX, Solaris, and Linux, but under cygwin, the array VALUE prints only blanks.. has anyone else run into this... I've tried a bunch of different things ar

Re: Rsync issues with Windows Server 2008

2009-03-07 Thread Des Dougan
On 7 Mar 2009, at 12:11, Des Dougan wrote: Several months ago I set up an OpenSUSE box to act as a remote backup server to a Windows 2008 Server, running rsync over ssh from the Linux box, with Cygwin on the Windows server. It had been working well until a couple of weeks ago when I had a

Re: Turning off execute permission

2009-03-07 Thread Matt Wozniski
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > According to Paul McFerrin on 3/7/2009 12:49 AM: >> >> I've been reading: >> http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files >> on the execute permissions.  Did I read that it was impossible to deny >> execute permissions??  In my test

Rsync issues with Windows Server 2008

2009-03-07 Thread Des Dougan
Several months ago I set up an OpenSUSE box to act as a remote backup server to a Windows 2008 Server, running rsync over ssh from the Linux box, with Cygwin on the Windows server. It had been working well until a couple of weeks ago when I had a problem with one of the Access databases (.m

Re: Open a url by cygwin/bash script.

2009-03-07 Thread Mark J. Reed
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: > I want to opena url, say http://http://www.google.cn by the system's > default explorer, such as IE,  from within a cygwin/bash script.  What > should I write this code? cygstart "http://www.google.cn"; -- Mark J. Reed -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Open a url by cygwin/bash script.

2009-03-07 Thread Dave Korn
Hongyi Zhao wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to opena url, say http://http://www.google.cn by the system's > default explorer, such as IE, from within a cygwin/bash script. What > should I write this code? > cygstart "http://www.google.cn"; The "cygstart" utility can launch anything that you c

Re: Starting other Cygwin console from Cygwin console

2009-03-07 Thread Dave Korn
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: > Hello, > > how, i. e. by which command, can from an open Cygwin console a 2nd > Cygwin console (or tab) be started in Windows XP? "cygstart bash" or "cygstart rxvt" The cygstart utility is a general application launcher, it'll work with other applications/shortcu

Open a url by cygwin/bash script.

2009-03-07 Thread Hongyi Zhao
Hi all, I want to opena url, say http://http://www.google.cn by the system's default explorer, such as IE, from within a cygwin/bash script. What should I write this code? -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#uns

Re: problem under cygwin with sh, bash, ksh

2009-03-07 Thread Václav Haisman
Hubert Samm wrote, On 6.3.2009 14:26: > Hi All... I've searched and found nothing this script runs just fine on > AIX, Solaris, and Linux, but under cygwin, the array VALUE prints only > blanks.. has anyone else run into this... I've tried a bunch of different > things around typecast, etc

Re: Turning off execute permission

2009-03-07 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Paul McFerrin on 3/7/2009 12:49 AM: > > I've been reading: > http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files > on the execute permissions. Did I read that it was impossible to deny > execute permissions?? In my tests, the fol

RE: Starting other Cygwin console from Cygwin console

2009-03-07 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Thomas Wiedmann wrote on March 07, 2009, at 7:12 AM > how, i. e. by which command, can from an open Cygwin console > a 2nd Cygwin console (or tab) be started in Windows XP? cygstart /path/to/bash_shortcut.lnk cygstart bash --login -i cmd /c start 'c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat' Between this question and y

Re: Info about OS by command in Cygwin

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: >> Also, /usr/lib/csih/winProductName.exe (Note that this is technically a >> native, not cygwin, application, so you need to strip '\r' from the >> result if you're using it in a script). > > What does the subdirectory csih stand for, i. e. what means this > abbreviation?

RE: pdf tools follow up question

2009-03-07 Thread Mike Marchywka
> From: marchy...@hotmail.com > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: pdf tools follow up question > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:13:11 -0500 > > > > After playing with pdftk briefly it looks like it will be > suitable and the man pages provide > links to follow i

Re: Info about OS by command in Cygwin

2009-03-07 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Also, /usr/lib/csih/winProductName.exe (Note that this is technically a native, not cygwin, application, so you need to strip '\r' from the result if you're using it in a script). What does the subdirectory csih stand for, i. e. what means this abbreviation? How to strip '\r' from the result

Starting other Cygwin console from Cygwin console

2009-03-07 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Hello, how, i. e. by which command, can from an open Cygwin console a 2nd Cygwin console (or tab) be started in Windows XP? Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: unzip-5.52-10

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
UnZip is an open-source, command-line alternative to other zip-format archives such as WinZip, etc. unzip-5.52 is the latest release from Info-Zip, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html. unzip-6.0 is still in beta. This is a security update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This is

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zip-3.0-10

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
Zip is an open-source, command-line alternative to other zip-format archives such as WinZip, etc. zip-3.0 is the latest release from Info-Zip, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Zip.html. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This is the first release specific for cygwin-1.7; the only differences

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tack-1.06-12

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The tack program is a diagnostic that is designed to create and verify the correctness of terminfo entries. This program can be used to create new terminal descriptions that are not included in the standard terminfo database. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] tack was distributed as part of the

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {ncurses/libncurses9/libncurses-devel/ncurses-demo}-5.7-13

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus. It is often used instead of termcap. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This is the first (non-brown-paper-bag) release specific for cygwin-1.7; the only differences between this

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zip-3.0-2

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
Zip is an open-source, command-line alternative to other zip-format archives such as WinZip, etc. zip-3.0 is the latest release from Info-Zip, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Zip.html. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This will most likely be the final zip update for the cygwin-1.5 distrib

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: unzip-5.52-3

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
UnZip is an open-source, command-line alternative to other zip-format archives such as WinZip, etc. unzip-5.52 is the latest release from Info-Zip, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html. unzip-6.0 is still in beta. This is a security update. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This wil

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {ncurses/libncurses9/libncurses-devel/ncurses-demo}-5.7-4

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus. It is often used instead of termcap. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] If all goes as planned (famous last words) this will most likely be the final ncurses update for the cygwin

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tack-1.06-3

2009-03-07 Thread Charles Wilson
The tack program is a diagnostic that is designed to create and verify the correctness of terminfo entries. This program can be used to create new terminal descriptions that are not included in the standard terminfo database. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] tack was distributed as part of the