Re: flex: exec failed? (root install/mount)

2008-07-18 Thread phil long
>As a follow-up and clarification to my previous post, what I would >like to be able to do is to pipe output to a printer, e.g. >ls -l | lpr >This doesn't work for me as I explained previously. Using notepad /P I'll bet it doesn't! From the lpr manpage: No formatting is done -- data is sent "raw

Re: pdksh package: Error when issuing a 'typeset -r' statement

2008-05-15 Thread phil long
Mark J. Reed mail.com> writes: > > I had to modify it somewhat to make it bash-friendly (main culprits: > array syntax, unsupported typeset options, "print", "whence", > coprocesses.) > What do U use to replace ksh coprocesses? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-si

Default Location of Cygwin

2008-04-28 Thread phil long
Hello: This past weekend, I updated the Cygwin installation on my laptop. It broke big-time, because I have a customization that is apparently no longer allowed. Most installations put the root at c:/cygwin, but I put mine at c:/util/cygwin. My attempts to install from three or four mirrors all p

Re: Installer tasks

2007-08-17 Thread phil long
George alink.co.za> writes: > > Hi All, > > Assuming I wish to copy the c:\cygwin\ directory from one computer to > another, are there any further utilities/updates which I need to do to > ensure it works correctly? > > I have create a script which redoes the mount points (mount -m). > > Is

Re: [ADMINISTRIVIA] We soon will be blocking legal disclaimers

2007-08-10 Thread phil long
Matthew Woehlke users.sourceforge.net> writes: > > Long, Phillip GOSS wrote: > > Sigh ... if I had a way, I'd clip out the bozo string my employer's > > email server tacks onto the end of every message. > > nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin >

RE: Deprecating ntea

2007-03-01 Thread phil long
Corrina Vinschen wrote: > Hi, > > I think it's time to remove the CYGWIN=ntea setting from Cygwin. > (see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html) > > The reason is that it's just a fake. It fakes POSIX permission bits > by using the "extended attributes" capability built into NTFS.

RE: username should be lower-case for $USER

2007-01-15 Thread phil long
On 10-jan-2007 Dave Korn wrote: >On 09 January 2007 22:15, David Smiley wrote: > >> I forgot to add, I log into a windows domain and so I can't set the case. >> Perhaps this issue only relates to windows domain logins. Maybe they >> are case insensitive because when I log into the domain, I ALW