Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Steven Penny
On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:53:19, Dave Caswell wrote: Ah, OK. Here you go: davec@SodiumWin ~ $ cygstart /usr/bin/bash '-c "echo hello; sleep 5"' I wish I could explain just why this quotation pattern works here. A long time ago I found that dicking around with the quotes could often get things wo

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Dave Caswell
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > > yes, that is good if you want to use a script - but a command does not work: > >cygstart bash -c 'echo hello; sleep 5' > Ah, OK. Here you go: davec@SodiumWin ~ $ cygstart /usr/bin/bash '-c "echo hello; sleep 5"' I wish I could explain

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Steven Penny
On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:06:05, Dave Caswell wrote: Here's an example: davec@SodiumWin ~ $ cygstart bash -e TT davec@SodiumWin ~ $ cat TT #! /usr/bin/bash echo TEST sleep 240 yes, that is good if you want to use a script - but a command does not work: cygstart bash -c 'echo hello; sleep 5'

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Dave Caswell
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 06:28:50, Andrey Repin wrote: >> >> The usual way - prevent the closing of the new window. >> I.e. by adding a sleep. > > > no, that doesnt work > > have you tried it? > > if so provide sample command Here's an example: d

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Steven Penny
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 06:28:50, Andrey Repin wrote: The usual way - prevent the closing of the new window. I.e. by adding a sleep. no, that doesnt work have you tried it? if so provide sample command -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwi

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Steven Penny! > I can run a command line this as expected: > cygstart sleep 5 > However a command like this is a problem: > cygstart echo hello > a new window is open, and the command is run, but the window immediately > closes, > so you do not get to see the output. How ca

Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Steven Penny
I can run a command line this as expected: cygstart sleep 5 However a command like this is a problem: cygstart echo hello a new window is open, and the command is run, but the window immediately closes, so you do not get to see the output. How can this be resolved? -- Problem reports:

Re: why anacron isn't available in cygwin ?

2017-12-24 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Greg Taylor! > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Jérôme Bouat > wrote: >> I'm using cron over cygwin. However, when the computer was powered off, >> how can I run the tasks which have been missed ? >> > With 'cron' if a job has been missed because the system was powered down > then y

Exim - fatal with latest updates

2017-12-24 Thread Ross Hemingway via cygwin
With the latest v2.833 updates (x64). Exim will not start and has fatal stop and makes panic log entry: 2017-12-24 02:07:45 fork failed for TLS check I rolled back to about 2 months prior version, and restored operations.   Sorry - no further info on the troublesome module. -- Regard