Thank you, but I guess I posted a bad example then.
latex --version
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (MiKTeX 23.10.12) (preloaded
fomat=latex.fmt)
restricted \write18 enabled.
**
It should print version information, but instead that is what I would expect to
see if I ran latex with no arguments. The same thing happens if I call latex
with a filename. Or, to fix my previous example:
$ cmd '/?'
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2861]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\crary>
Any other thoughts?
Karl Crary
On 12/17/2023 7:29 AM, Eliot Moss wrote:
On 12/16/2023 10:55 PM, Karl Crary via Cygwin wrote:
Dear all,
I am encountering a bug wherein Cygwin is not passing arguments to most Windows
programs (although Cygwin programs are doing fine).
For example, the following command ought to be dumping a lot of usage
information, but instead it starts a command prompt, which is what it does when
not passed any argument.
$ cmd /?
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2715]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\crary>
I am experiencing the same behavior with bash, tcsh, zsh, and also make. In
addition to cmd, I've also confirmed that arguments are not being passed to
wsl, explorer, and (Miktex's) latex. Some third-party apps are getting their
arguments, including Standard ML of New Jersey.
This is a brand-new install on a brand-new Windows 11 machine. (A Dell
Precision 3660 tower, if that matters.) I also tried varying the cygwin dll
version (a little, not exhaustively) to no effect.
Any theory as to what could be going on would be most appreciated.
My cygcheck output (lightly redacted) follows.
Karl Crary
Cygwin's shell (generally bash) will try to pattern match ("glob") the /?
because of the ? . I get intended results if I type:
cmd '/?'
Because what is in the root directory / may vary from system to system,
behavior without the quotes will may vary.
HTH -- EM
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