Re: Looking for man pages

2007-06-28 Thread Jim Drash
Using the google search bar "man gettimeofday", I was able to find the man page for that function and many others. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
>So let me get this right. Because Windows Search is slow you want >have cygwin put its files a different partition? Cygwin's setup put >the files exactly where you told it. It suggested C:\cygwin to you >but you did not have to put them there. You made the choice and it is >very easy to move

Re: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
I meant uninstall takes minutes not install. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: MINGW GCC WIN64 port?

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
One of my clients is interested in getting MINGW working on win64. We're considering engaging codesourcery to do the work. Anyone out there interested/able to co-funding the work? why not ask the Mingw developers: www.mingw.org -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

Re: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
On 9/18/06, Francis Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I wonder whether there are plans about creating a special filesystem for Cygwin. I think it would be a very useful thing, for practical reasons. The problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're looking for some

Re: Postfix on Cygwin?

2006-08-22 Thread Jim Drash
Assuming that there isn't a lurker here who's built it, would you be interested in giving it a go? I'll try for a bit if no one steps up. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cyg

Postfix on Cygwin?

2006-08-22 Thread Jim Drash
A few years back there were some folks looking to create a cygwin port of postfix. I the time that has passed bot cygwin and postfix have gotten better. Does anyone know if there is a cygwin-port of postfix? Jim Drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Latest Cygwin Release 5 month old...

2006-06-23 Thread Jim Drash
I run VMWare on on just such a configuration. On 6/22/06, Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps, but you are assuming one's primary Windows machine is capable of being "virtually subdivided". I run windows on a laptop (external keyb, mouse, screen). While it was a good laptop new, it

Re: Latest Cygwin Release 5 month old...

2006-06-21 Thread Jim Drash
Not everyone has a spare test machine. I can never remember if we are supposed to top-quote or not. But here goes: If you need a spare test machine you should look into the VMWare Player. It is free and allows you to run a Virtual Machine on your desktop. Saying: "I don't have a spare machine"

Re: export arrays in cygwin ksh

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
I tried changing case but to no avail. there is no pdksh file in my cygwin/bin directory so I think I am out of luck w/ pdksh. use the Cygwin Setup program and install pdksh. It is not installed by default. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: Java program under cygwin?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
the fact that you're trying to run a GUI in a text-only environment. OK, then I guess I got something wrong: I thought cygwin would help me run programs under Linux from a windows machine ...? When running the same Java programme directly under the same Linux machine the program is working a

Re: Java program under cygwin?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
Are you running an X-server on your local box? That is what the message is saying. It needs to talk to an X-server. On 5/23/06, Peter Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I am trying to run a Java program which has a GUI associated with it and whose code is on a remote linux server. I a

Re: Cygwin X Directory/File Manager - Does one exist?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
In Gnome: Nautilus. In KDE: Konquerer. curses: mc (midnight commander). On 5/22/06, Dave Elstner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a Cygwin X program that functions similar to Windows Explorer? Thanks, -Dave -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem report

Re: ssmtp apparently generating random email address?

2006-05-05 Thread Jim Drash
ssmtp cannot generate some random e-mail addresses. It does not run as a daemon. I would venture to guess it is some mailing list you belong to that has the problem. It is not ssmtp On 5/5/06, zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I run various jobs from cron and then use :- /usr/sbin/ssmtp t

Re: Any pppd implementation for Cygwin?

2006-03-30 Thread Jim Drash
PPTP and L2TP are both availble natively in Windows 2000 and XP. On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings! > I use pppd/ssh for vpn on Linux. I wonder if there is any pppd > implementation on Cygwin, so I don't have to boot into Linux when I need > vpn. >

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
If you need perfect PDFs, you could purchase the server version of Adobe Distiller. You could then set up an e-mail address so that people could send Word Documents as attachments and the server would see the e-mail and run distiller and send the pdf back to the sender. Or use the web to interfac

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
I can't keep all my mailing lists rules straight. Some don't like top quoting, some do. So, I am sorry if I messed up. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
By the way, there are much easier ways to convert MS Word Docs to pdfs. On 3/3/06, P.P.Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > Thanks for taking the time to look at this. > > When I look at the Log On settings for this service, it's set to log in > as .\sshd_server user, not the Local Sy

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If you pack something using Solaris, then you unpack it with "Solaris" attributes. You can easily write a script that does what you need: unpacks, then sets the attributes to want. On 12/6/05, Mark McWiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cygwin is installed as part of a proposed deployment solut

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Can you make it harder? Yes. I can think of lots of ways to make it harder. The easiest is to prompt them for the userid and passwords that they need when they need them and don't store them at all. On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Drash schrieb:

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If someone can get physical access to the disk, then there is not a single thing you can do to stop someone who is: 1) Knowledgeable 2) Determined 3) has time 4) is a criminal Nothing can stop them, The best you can do is slow them down, know that it is happening maybe while it is happening or wo

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only readable by SYSTEM On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Svend Sorensen schrieb: > > On 12/4/05, nidhog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Can Not Get The Login Screen

2005-11-29 Thread Jim Drash
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-xdmcp-query On 11/29/05, Abbas Kayvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to connect to my Linux machine from home. I can start the X > window, then I do X -query myipaddress, but all I get is a grey screen > with a "X" shaped cur

Re: How to improve scp speed?

2005-11-28 Thread Jim Drash
File transfers in scp are encrypted and encryption is CPU intensive. Either your local workstation or your server might not be able to encrypt file transfer stream at the same speed, your connection is able to transfer it. You may try to choose different encryption algorithm on Login dialog. Blowfi

Re: Drop Win9x support? (was: Serious performance problems)

2005-06-03 Thread Jim Drash
Since Cygwin is open source, there is nothing stopping anyone from taking the current source for themseleves and doing what they will (as long as they give back ). It is possible that someone who cared about having a Win9x Cygwin port would take up the maintainance (not unlike the folks who contin

Re: cygwin and gmail problems? Remote host said: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

2005-05-10 Thread Jim Drash
> gmail doesn't seem to like messages from the cygwin mailing list > today. Did anybody else get a notice like this? > gmail has no problems with cygwin mail at all. I read you post and am writing this reply using gmail right now -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: beginner's questions

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Drash
> 1) I want to know if some software is installed in my > cygwin. "whereis" and "urpmi" does not work. So how > can i do this? > > 2) No login is required before connection. Am i root > by default? > 1) "urpmi" is a specifc wrapper on rpm that is used in Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) Linux system

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Jim Drash
> rename comes from the util-linux package. > > cgf > cgf you are right. I just checked a couple of my Linux boxes and there is a rename in /usr/bin/ I suspect that most old-time UNIX weenies (myself included) have never used it. I always used "mv". WOW, "learn something new everyday" :-P -

Re: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-11 Thread Jim Drash
Jan: I work for a very large FDA-regulated company. Our FDA IT audits have been centered on having documented processess and appropriate sets of test protocols to show compliance to those processes. Your validation efforts around GNU tools must describe what is your intended use and how you would

Re: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-11 Thread Jim Drash
On Apr 11, 2005 9:48 AM, Jan Schormann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > my company develops medical devices, so we must fulfill > the FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) regulations. > As we are using Cygwin in our software build chain > (especially for GNU make and bash), we need to exp

Re: Command-Line Mail Client?

2005-02-22 Thread Jim Drash
How about email v 2.3.2 ? On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:29:33 -0800, Mike Dillinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if there is a command-line mail client for Cygwin? I > was looking for something along the lines of 'mail' or 'mailx' found in > Linux distros. > > Thanks, > -Mi

Re: Another web page bug report

2005-01-18 Thread Jim Drash
http://cygwin.com/links.html is absolutely around!! On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:54:01 -0500, Jonathan Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to go to Chuck Wilson's web page, as pointed to in the > rxvt README: > > http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/ > > And I just noticed it is

Re: What is aux???!

2004-10-29 Thread Jim Drash
It is a standard Windows pipe (like stdin, stdout) and is a hold over form DOS. It is the serial port just like lpt1 is the attached printer On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:43:03 +0100, Colin JN Breame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try this: > > $ mkdir aux > mkdir: `aux' exists but is not a directory >

Re: setting IP address & mask via CLI

2004-02-04 Thread Jim Drash
The tool to use is regedit. The TCP/IP setting are a set of registry entries. Figure out which Hive to change and then you can use regedit's CLI to do it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: ps -W not working after latext cygwin DLL update

2003-09-09 Thread Jim Drash
Windows 2000 SP 4 does not make a difference. Try re-installing -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Info

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Drash
If you are teaching a class on RedHat Linux 9, why would you use CygWin? They aren't the same by a long shot. If you were teaching a class on the GNU toolchain, then CygWin is ideal. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/probl

Re: rfe: seamless windows integration

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Drash
Sorry, I miss-posted on this mailing list. (A finger fuddle) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Drash
I will be happy to find and fix your specific memory leak. My going rate is $200/hour. If that is satisfactory with you we can talk. If not, you have the source, the compiler, the debugger, find it yourself or find someone who will at a lower rate than mine. Otherwise, "bugger off!" -- Unsubs

Re: rfe: seamless windows integration

2003-08-06 Thread Jim Drash
Maybe I am a little slow but if someone wants a shortcut to the "X" apps can't they just create a short cut to the "C:\cygwin\use\X11R6\bin" directory? Again, I am into the KISS (Keep It Simple, cause I am Stupid) method for most things. Am I missing something? Jim Dr

rooted? - http://thinstall.com/

2003-08-04 Thread Jim Drash
It looks as if thinstall.com got "rooted". I hope that this was not a Cygwin user as this is a very nasty thing to do. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

GPL violations et al

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Drash
A simple reading of the GPL text maks it clear that if you make use of GPL software you must provide the same to your "downstream" clients. Charles Wilson is correct. "Cease and desist" letters are the initial legal step. However, all that needs to be done to avoid any legal action is to put the

Re: Running man by double clicking a man page, from Explorer?

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Drash
Your assumption that man pages all have the same extention is fundamentally flawed. Might I suggest your start with 'man man'. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

RE: Why is gcc3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Jim Drash
> Um, who is this M$ you refer to? ... We know there is no "$" in the name. M$ is a widely-held albeit slightly derogatory reference to Microsoft. Why be so thin-skinned? It is good to see that someone from Microsoft is lurking in this mailing list. (I guess). While the author makes some excelle

RE: NT Wrappers

2003-02-13 Thread Jim Drash
You can figure it out for yourself in most cases. Try: strings program.exe | less and look for them. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: htt

Setup: A suggestion

2003-02-07 Thread Jim Drash
le and any "new" packages. One might call this the "Installable" view. Does anyone have any thoughts about this (pro or con)? jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: h

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

2003-01-16 Thread Jim Drash
and binary. Make sure that SYSTEM can write /var/run and /var/log Hope this helps jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

When will we see chkconfig and xinetd?

2002-12-02 Thread Jim Drash
Sergei? thanks in advance. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Make sure to stop all cygrunsrv services before updating cygwin1.dll

2002-11-22 Thread Jim Drash
This message applies to both updating cygwin1.dll via setup or copying a snapshot. Make sure you end all services started via cygrunsrv before you upgrade. jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated sysvinit packake available for download

2002-11-20 Thread Jim Drash
Outstanding! Sergey, are you planning on moving your chkconfig and xinetd ports over soon? > Updated sysvinit package available for download. > > What's new: > > postinstall script modified to create /var/log and /var/run dirs and > empty > utmp/wtmp files (if not exist). > Removed some manual

RE: patched cygwin emacs available (for signal looping problem)

2002-11-14 Thread Jim Drash
I tried your patched emacs. It looks better in allcases except for one. If I run "emacs &" from XWin. It displays the initial window but the toolbar doesn't work for me. I have to kill -9 the PID. Hope this gives you more insight -Original Message- From: Joe Buehler [mailto:jbuehler@;h

RE: ls --color on windows 2000

2002-11-07 Thread Jim Drash
Try adding "codepage:oem" to the CYGWIN variable. It works for me -- jim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Issues with cygrunsrv: How I solved mine

2002-10-30 Thread Jim Drash
I suspect that the combination of being in a domain and doing a "Just for Me" install was the root cause of my problem. I hope this helps other people. -- jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.ht

Re: Cygwin Setup.exe..

2002-10-30 Thread Jim Drash
Have you all look at the Category view. It is trivial to install an entire category or couple of categoies. Setup has what you want already. Now, maybe you dont understand or agree with the categories. You should take that up with the package maintinaers. BTW, using the example doing developmen

How about using SpamAssassin to manage spam on this list?

2002-09-17 Thread Jim Drash
SpamAssassin is what I use to deal with spam on some mailing lists I work with. It has saved by butt on many occasions. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: