Okay, many thanks Larry. I forgot to mention I was using the MinTTY console. It works when I use the regular Cygwin console.
I found that: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/msg00330.html Sébastien ------ On 8/11/2010 11:57 AM, Clement, Sebastien wrote: When I try to run psql (eg. psql -U myusername -d mydb) from Cygwin, it freezes. When I run it from the DOS console, it works fine. In that case, you need to run Cygwin's bash from a console (i.e. use 'cygwin.bat' as provided by 'setup.exe') and run 'psql' from there. See the 'tty' option for the CYGWIN environment variable in the Users Guide for more details: <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple