Ok, removing tty from the CYGWIN variable allows me to log off and shutdown now.
Why does the tty flag cause this kind of lock-up behaviour? Is there any reason I need the tty flag at all? If not I'll just leave it off permanently. --------------------------------- Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert. http://www.q-games.com "Dylan Cuthbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > CYGWIN=tty is on in the system env vars, shall I switch it off, is this bad? > I switched it on before I had this problem mind you, but maybe something in > the post-Sept-19th version mixes badly with CYGWIN=tty? > > Yes, I understand the "root of the problem" problem (sic.), ie. the > programming law that there will always be a lot more causes than there are > distinct effects. ;-) > > Anyway, I have this daily recurring problem, which seems to me to be > duplicatible, yet no-one has tried to duplicate it yet? This is why I > repeat the description of my problem wherever I can; in the daft hope > someone will set up something similar and see if they get the same thing. > I'm not doing anything complicated, just 2 or 3 rsync's (of half a gig or > so) in a cronjob every two hours to a linux server. > > Regards > > --------------------------------- > Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert. > http://www.q-games.com > > "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:29:53AM +0900, Dylan Cuthbert wrote: > > >Actually I think I did mention I was running rsync hourly in a cron job, > > >that's all I've been mentioning as far as I know. > > > > Which has nothing to do with selecting on pipes unless (and even this is > > pretty remote) you have turned on CYGWIN=tty for your cron for some > > reason. > > > > The point that I am vainly trying to make is that if one person reports > > a symptom like "hanging" and another person reports a symptom like > > "hanging" in a completely different scenario while offering a rationale > > for the behavior, it does not automatically mean that person B has found > > the root cause for person A's problem unless person A and person B's > > situations are the same. There is nothing in your (repeated) description > > of your problem to indicate that is the case. > > > > > -- 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/