Ok here are more clues and I think this should help you:
1. From the command prompt from windows, I tried this - od -tx1 <ENTER> - "<ENTER> (Note: I have to type double quotes twice always and I get two double quotes. I use backspace to remove one every time. A single double quotes produces no output on the screen ) -<CTRL-D> -------------BEGIN------------ 0000000 22 0a 0000002 -------------END------------ 2.From xterm Now I cannot get to type the double quotes at all. Also within vi in xterm. From windows command prompt, the double quotes gets printed as explained in 1 above (have to type it twice to get 2 "s , use backspace to delete one to finally get 1 " , as explained above. ) I closed everything and launched xterm again and still I cant get to type the " in xterm or vi within xterm. Hope these inputs help you CHeers CM Tim McDaniel-2 wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cyg...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Nor do I, but let's see what's in that file: can you show us the >> output you get from running "od -tx1 test.c" on your testcase >> please, and tell us exactly what editor you used. > > I personally prefer "od -tx1 -a test.c": it should add ASCII versions > of each character, to make it faster to find particular positions. > >> Also, type "od -tx1" at a command line without any filename >> following it, type a quote mark, then press enter, then Ctrl+D, and >> show us what that says. > > Being ultra-precise: type > od -tx1 > > at a command line, and then press enter. That will start the "octal > dump" program. The quote mark (meaning ") and enter is the one line > of input. > > -- > Tim McDaniel, t...@panix.com > > -- > 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/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/gcc-compile-problem%3A-error%3A-stray-%5C168-in-program-tp22145156p22186369.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/