Re: mintty: Ctrl-Q does not work?

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 05:38:11AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >On 19 October 2012 16:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 02:17:29PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>On Oct 19 12:26, Andy Koppe wrote: On 13 October 2012 16:38, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06,

Re: Fwd: re cygwin on windows 7 missing linux header files

On 10/21/2012 12:20 AM, spaceranger ranger wrote: Hello using cygwin on windows 7 and missing these files when running make sys/socket.h , netinet/in_system.h, netinet/in.h,netinet/ip.h, arpa/inet.h, netdb.h, what to do!? to build what ? How ? in general use the search at http://cygw

Re: mintty: Ctrl-Q does not work?

On 19 October 2012 16:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 02:17:29PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>On Oct 19 12:26, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> On 13 October 2012 16:38, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> > On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 05:48:44AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> >>The issue isn'

Re: w32api-headers-3.0b_svn5431-1: _WIN32 no longer set on Cygwin

On 10/21/2012 01:31, Christian Franke wrote: > Kai Tietz wrote: >> 2012/10/20 JonY wrote: >>> On 10/20/2012 21:12, Christian Franke wrote: Just for Info: The new /usr/include/w32api/windef.h does no longer define _WIN32. This may require compile fixes for some sources which

Re: CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard

On 2012-10-20, Lawrence Mayer wrote: > CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard > > e.g. > > ln WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY (3rd form) > ln -t DIRECTORY WINDOWS PATH\*  (4th form) > cp -l WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY > > all fail returning error message > > 'cannot stat `WINDOWS PATH\\*':

Re: Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard

On 10/20/2012 02:34 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: > On 121020 12:35, Eric Blake wrote: >> On 10/20/2012 12:50 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: >>> Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard >>> >>> cp -l * DIRECTORY >>> >>> fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory' >> >> Most likely, this is not an

Re: Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard

On 121020 12:35, Eric Blake wrote: On 10/20/2012 12:50 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard cp -l * DIRECTORY fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory' Most likely, this is not an error in cp, but a misunderstanding on your part about how globbing op

Re: Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard

On 10/20/2012 12:50 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: > Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard > > cp -l * DIRECTORY > > fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory' Most likely, this is not an error in cp, but a misunderstanding on your part about how globbing operates. I bet you have a fil

Re: Ln can't hard link into named directory

On 10/20/2012 12:22 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: > Ln can't hard link into named directory. > > e.g. > > Ln ... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form) > > and > > ln ... -t DIRECTORY TARGET... (4th form) > > both fail when DIRECTORY is named (but appear to work when DIRECTORY = '.' > (current directory

Re: CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 03:06:45PM -0400, Lawrence Mayer wrote: >CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard > >e.g. > >ln WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY (3rd form) >ln -t DIRECTORY WINDOWS PATH\* ??(4th form) >cp -l WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY > >all fail returning error message > >'cannot stat `

CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard

CP and Ln can't parse windows path ending in wildcard e.g. ln WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY (3rd form) ln -t DIRECTORY WINDOWS PATH\*  (4th form) cp -l WINDOWS PATH\* DIRECTORY all fail returning error message 'cannot stat `WINDOWS PATH\\*': No such file or directory' Workaround: ln WINDOWS PATH/*

Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard

Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard cp -l * DIRECTORY fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory' But the equivalent cp -l ./* DIRECTORY AND cp -l PATH OF WORKING DIRECTORY/* DIRECTORY both appear to work fine. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Ln can't hard link into named directory

Ln can't hard link into named directory. e.g. Ln ... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form) and ln ... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...  (4th form) both fail when DIRECTORY is named (but appear to work when DIRECTORY = '.' (current directory)) returning error message 'ln: Cannot create a file when that file

Re: w32api-headers-3.0b_svn5431-1: _WIN32 no longer set on Cygwin

Kai Tietz wrote: 2012/10/20 JonY wrote: On 10/20/2012 21:12, Christian Franke wrote: Just for Info: The new /usr/include/w32api/windef.h does no longer define _WIN32. This may require compile fixes for some sources which check only for _WIN32 and not for __CYGWIN__ after windows.h is included

Re: w32api-headers-3.0b_svn5431-1: _WIN32 no longer set on Cygwin

2012/10/20 JonY wrote: > On 10/20/2012 21:12, Christian Franke wrote: >> Just for Info: >> >> The new /usr/include/w32api/windef.h does no longer define _WIN32. >> >> This may require compile fixes for some sources which check only for >> _WIN32 and not for __CYGWIN__ after windows.h is included. >

Re: w32api-headers-3.0b_svn5431-1: _WIN32 no longer set on Cygwin

On 10/20/2012 21:12, Christian Franke wrote: > Just for Info: > > The new /usr/include/w32api/windef.h does no longer define _WIN32. > > This may require compile fixes for some sources which check only for > _WIN32 and not for __CYGWIN__ after windows.h is included. > > Christian I can't imagin

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w32api-headers-3.0b_svn5431-1: _WIN32 no longer set on Cygwin

Just for Info: The new /usr/include/w32api/windef.h does no longer define _WIN32. This may require compile fixes for some sources which check only for _WIN32 and not for __CYGWIN__ after windows.h is included. Christian -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: