On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > You could try testing the following things: > > $(cygpath d:/) # don't capture the output but execute cygpath in a subshell > Just a subshell works ie. (cyghan.exe). Both $(cyghan.exe) and `cyghan.exe` without assignment to a variable hang.
> sh -c "cygpath d:/" # force the subshell to be "sh" > You mean as stated, or `sh -c "cygpath d:/"`? As stated, I don't see why it wouldn't work. With back ticks, still hangs. > $(cat /dev/null | cygpath d:/) # see if pipes work the same as input redirect > Yes, they do. > $(cygpath d:/ > /tmp/cygpath.out) # see if redirecting output also affects it > My cyghan.exe has no output, but still hangs. > I'll let you know if I think of other things to try. > Please do. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/