Re: starting cygwin shell

2013-04-07 Thread Dave Korn
On 07/04/2013 19:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 06:16:17PM +, Gene wrote: >> save: fork_level=1 SetHandleInformation() failed: fd 0 handle 0x3 type >> 2: Th e parameter is incorrect. > > That error message doesn't seem to be coming from Cygwin. I have > grepped the C

Re: starting cygwin shell

2013-04-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 06:16:17PM +, Gene wrote: >Thomas Wolff towo.net> writes: >> Am 07.04.2013 09:42, schrieb Gene: >>>I am new to cygwin. I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start >>>cygwin from w7 windows menu. >>Cygwin install creates a "Cygwin Terminal" icon on your desktop in

Re: starting cygwin shell

2013-04-07 Thread Gene
Thomas Wolff towo.net> writes: > > Am 07.04.2013 09:42, schrieb Gene: > > Hello Forum, > > I am new to cygwin. > > I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start cygwin from w7 windows menu. > Cygwin install creates a "Cygwin Terminal" icon on your desktop in in > your Programs menu. You can

Re: starting cygwin shell

2013-04-07 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 07.04.2013 09:42, schrieb Gene: Hello Forum, I am new to cygwin. I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start cygwin from w7 windows menu. Cygwin install creates a "Cygwin Terminal" icon on your desktop in in your Programs menu. You can drag or (with Control-) copy it anywhere in menus w

starting cygwin shell

2013-04-07 Thread Gene
Hello Forum, I am new to cygwin. I am trying to create a .bat file so I can start cygwin from w7 windows menu. I am looking for next: 1. new shell is created with next prompts: gene@len /cygdrive/c $ 2. Backspace and arrow keys can move cursor to beginning. At the default installation, I can only

Re: Error when starting Cygwin shell: init_cygheap error

2002-03-04 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 08:53 PM 3/1/2002, Stan Berka wrote: >BTW, when I do "which cygwin1.dll" from the shell it tells me: >/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll >There is no /usr/bin. Is this a part of the problem? I doubt it. Try typing 'mount' and see if there is a /usr/bin listed there. If not, rerun setup. It creates the

Error when starting Cygwin shell: init_cygheap error

2002-03-01 Thread Stan Berka
Hi, I have the same problem as in the January thread cited below: when starting the Cygwin shell I'm getting an error: 9 [main] bash 2040 init_cygheap::etc_changed: Can't open /etc for checking, Win32 error 1 I have checked that I don't have two cygwin1.dll in my PATH. When I rename the c