On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Robert Mark wrote: > Hi Earnie, > >>> As per a previous message >>> (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00215.html) I am still finding >>> that mkshortcut causes core dumps (Windows 7, 64 bit). I have tried a >>> few different options: -P or -D still cause dumps. I have checked >>> permissions and they are all ok. Some folders do cause the error, some >>> don't. >>> >>> mkshortcut -n "I for cygwin bin" /D/cyghome/bin >>> /home/RobertMarkBram/bin/createWindowsShortcut.sh: line 160: 8128 >>> Aborted (core dumped) mkshortcut -n "$shortcutName" >>> "$target" >> >> I'm going to guess but have no fact to back it that the reason is due >> to the fact you're executing in a 32bit environment and the shortcut >> the tool makes needs a 64bit enviroment. This may only be resolved by >> a 64bit version of Cygwin. > > I did say I was running 64bit Win 7, so what exactly do you mean? >
I mean that Cygwin at the moment is a 32 bit application. So you are executing in an emulation mode and some things might just not work as expected. > Cygwin.com says "The Cygwin DLL currently works with all recent, > commercially released x86 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows". > It works but might not be able to do everything that is required due to the limitations of the emulated environment. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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