Re: no readmes??

Mark Stuhr wrote: There's also a file here /usr/share/doc/Cygwin called openssh.README which looked interesting, but it's more of a change history then a how to install (couple of install tips at the end, but doesn't seem comprehensive.) This is it, everything you need to know should be in there.

Re: CPAN module in Cygwin

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:26:14PM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > Elvin Peterson wrote: > >Thanks for all the suggestions. Are these part of > >cygwin (or do they have to be installed separately? > >:-))? In any case running CPAN sends my machine to > >OOM, so I am sticking to precompiled binari

Re: Perl binmode problem on text mount

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Earl Chew wrote: This code used to work on Perl 5.6.1-2 on Cygwin 1.3.10. I've now moved to Perl 5.8.5-3 on Cygwin 1.5.11. Here is the Perl program: binmode STDOUT; print "Hello\n"; 1. Output to file on text mount perl foo.pl > fo

cygwin 1.5.11-1

I've tried installing the latest package with setup. I have downloaded it twice and I've tried two seperate hard disks and I've tried lowering the system speed (i have an old pIII) and setup always hangs at the 97% mark while installing some X11 readme files. I choose the install all option. is the

Re: Can Cygwin sshd log to a file? (as opposed to Event Log)

Thank you very much for your help, Brian (& list) -- I was looking in all the wrong places, but got it set up correctly now (through editing the registry entry). Much appreciated, Bob - Original Message - From: "Brian Dessent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, N

Re: Perl binmode problem on text mount

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Earl Chew wrote: > This code used to work on Perl 5.6.1-2 on Cygwin 1.3.10. > > I've now moved to Perl 5.8.5-3 on Cygwin 1.5.11. > > Here is the Perl program: > > binmode STDOUT; > print "Hello\n"; > > 1. Output to file on text mount > > perl foo.pl > foo.txt

Re: ls /dev/*

Actually, please don't. I think you misinterpret the discussion in cygwin-developers. Now that you've reacquainted me with the discussion, I remember why it wasn't applied as-is. My plan was for /dev to go away as a special mount. Now that mknod works, this is more doable than it was in 2002. W

Announcement forwarding [Attn: Brian Ford] (Was Re: Updates)

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Steve Kelem wrote: > >Developers & Maintainers: > > > >Please include the original description of the package when you provide > >updates. > > What's with the ill-conceived tendency of cc'ing cygwin-announce,

Re: don't use AC_FUNC_MMAP, use AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mmap) instead.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerrit P. Haase wrote: | Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: | |> Gerrit P. Haase wrote: |> |> AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mmap) issues this: |> |> checking for mmap... yes |> |> |> |> This is what I will using now for all the GNOME packages, there are |> |> several packages af

Re: no readmes??

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 05:01:07PM -0800, Mark Stuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Gerrit. > > Well that helped, but I still don't have this file > > openssh-3.5p1-2.README > or an equivalent for the version I got which I believe is > 3.9p1-2 Use cygcheck -l packagename to see what file

Re: Can Cygwin sshd log to a file? (as opposed to Event Log)

RDD wrote: > > Hello all -- > > I've modified the Logging section of cygwin\etc\cygserver.conf as follows: > > # kern.log.syslog: Determines whether logging should go to the syslog, > # Default is "yes", if stderr is no tty, "no" otherwise. > # Command line option -y, --syslog or -Y, --no-syslog

Xdelta

Hi all, did anyone get to compile xdelta 2 fine? i've found a few binaries of xdelta 1 on the web but couldnt get to compile xdelta 2...(some prob with libdb). http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdelta/ If anyone succeeds compiling it, please give some info, Thanks, Paul-Kenji Cahier -- Unsubsc

Can Cygwin sshd log to a file? (as opposed to Event Log)

Hello all -- I've modified the Logging section of cygwin\etc\cygserver.conf as follows: # kern.log.syslog: Determines whether logging should go to the syslog, # Default is "yes", if stderr is no tty, "no" otherwise. # Command line option -y, --syslog or -Y, --no-syslog. kern.log.syslog --no-sysl

Re: no readmes??

At 08:01 PM 11/3/2004, you wrote: >Thanks Gerrit. > >Well that helped, but I still don't have this file > >openssh-3.5p1-2.README > or an equivalent for the version I got which I believe is >3.9p1-2 >There was a file here > >>/usr/share/doc/ >openssh > >called readme, but that isn't it. > >There'

Re: cron event error message

At 05:54 PM 11/3/2004, you wrote: >/USR/SBIN/CRON : PID 788 : (Administrator) MAIL (mailed 65 bytes of output but got >status 0x0001 >). This is the operative part. I think it's fairly self-explanatory, in terms of what happened. You might take a gander at '/var/log/cron.log' for additional h

Perl binmode problem on text mount

This code used to work on Perl 5.6.1-2 on Cygwin 1.3.10. I've now moved to Perl 5.8.5-3 on Cygwin 1.5.11. Here is the Perl program: binmode STDOUT; print "Hello\n"; 1. Output to file on text mount perl foo.pl > foo.txt ; od -c foo.txt 000 H e l l o \r \n

Re: no readmes??

Thanks Gerrit. Well that helped, but I still don't have this file openssh-3.5p1-2.README or an equivalent for the version I got which I believe is 3.9p1-2 There was a file here >/usr/share/doc/ openssh called readme, but that isn't it. There's also a file here /usr/share/doc/Cygwin called

Re: no readmes??

Mark Stuhr wrote: Uninstalled and reinstalled a number of times today and seem to be getting inconsistent results form different mirrors when doing fresh downloads. This time after installing a fair number of packages I only have 2 files in /usr/doc/Cygwin these two openssl-0.9.7d.README rxvt-2.

no readmes??

Uninstalled and reinstalled a number of times today and seem to be getting inconsistent results form different mirrors when doing fresh downloads. This time after installing a fair number of packages I only have 2 files in /usr/doc/Cygwin these two openssl-0.9.7d.README rxvt-2.7.10.README I'

cron event error message

Hi there, Could someone please help explain this message i am seeing in the Event Viewer (Applciations): The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages f

Re: Updates

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:53:51AM -0800, Steve Kelem wrote: >Developers & Maintainers: > >Please include the original description of the package when you provide >updates. What's with the ill-conceived tendency of cc'ing cygwin-announce, lately? It's a moderated list, people! It's not intended

Re: CPAN module in Cygwin

Elvin Peterson wrote: Thanks for all the suggestions. Are these part of cygwin (or do they have to be installed separately? :-))? In any case running CPAN sends my machine to OOM, so I am sticking to precompiled binaries for now. You can fetch any source package via ftp or from http://search.cpan

Re: creating shared object (.so) with gcc under cygwin

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Rene Nyffenegger wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to create a shared object and use it in a program under > cygwin with gcc. I seem to miss a point. If some kind soul could help > me on that, I'd be very grateful. > > Here's the code for the shared object (calc_mean.c): > > #in

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Reini Urban wrote: > Sam Steingold schrieb: > > > > * Christopher Faylor [2004-11-03 10:18:18 -0500]: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -, Chris January wrote: > > > > > > > > > * Christopher Faylor [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov

Re: Can I launch a graphical windows app from within a cygwin ssh session

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Mark Stuhr wrote: > Subject line says it, but let me describe further . > > I'm hoping to set cygwin with ssh up on servers so that I can remotely > manage those servers when not able to get in via terminal services or > other graphical remote control app. > > What I want to be

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Barry Kelly wrote: > I'm getting the following error when trying to install a crontab on my > account: > > $ crontab -e > # editing my crontab here... > chown: Invalid argument > > I've tried updating my passwd (I live on a Win2K server domain) file > in case it was out of date

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Rolf Campbell wrote: > Andrew DeFaria wrote: > > > While, you are welcome to redefine /cygdrive any way you want, the unix > > > paradigm does not put filesystems under /dev. That is for devices. > > To me, a disk drive IS a device. YMMV! :-) > > A disk drive is a device, but /

Re: ls /dev/*

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Sam Steingold wrote: > why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? > cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while > cat /dev/clipboard works. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/

Re: ls /dev/*

Andrew DeFaria wrote: While, you are welcome to redefine /cygdrive any way you want, the unix paradigm does not put filesystems under /dev. That is for devices. To me, a disk drive IS a device. YMMV! :-) A disk drive is a device, but /cygdrive/c is not a disk-drive. It's a file-system contained

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Re: Updates

Developers & Maintainers: Please include the original description of the package when you provide updates. I keep only the latest message for each package, and I now have over 180 messages! (Or is a better idea to keep the "new package" messages?) In either case, it would be really useful to inc

Re: Updates

Developers & Maintainers: Please include the original description of the package when you provide updates. I keep only the latest message for each package, and I now have over 180 messages! (Or is a better idea to keep the "new package" messages?) In either case, it would be really useful to incl

Re: CPAN module in Cygwin

Elvin Peterson schrieb: --- Reini Urban wrote: Elvin Peterson schrieb: What do people here use to install perl modules (other than CPAN)? I use cpanplus (with a fixed reporter module) and cpan. recent cpanplus versions became kinda unstable for me with its Storage module, but I had not time to fix

Re: ls /dev/*

Sam Steingold schrieb: * Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-03 10:18:18 -0500]: On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -, Chris January wrote: * Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: why isn't

Re: Win32::API perl module

Jason Pearce schrieb: I have been trying to compile up Win32::API perl module under Cygwin's perl. The latest version off CPAN doesn't build (see below). http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/software/perl/Win32-API-0.41-cygwin.patch => http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/software/perl/Win32-

RE: INFO Death

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) > Sent: 03 November 2004 18:06 > Dave Korn wrote: > > Should it perhaps say > > > > > for d in /usr/info /usr/share/info ${INFOPATH} do > > Aha! So THAT'S what happened to my info directory! I > hadn't real

RE: INFO Death

Dave Korn wrote: > Should it perhaps say > > > for d in /usr/info /usr/share/info ${INFOPATH} do Aha! So THAT'S what happened to my info directory! I hadn't really looked into it, since usually I just type "info bletch" anyway. I ran a modified version of that script and it's back to normal now.

Re: CPAN module in Cygwin

--- Reini Urban wrote: > Elvin Peterson schrieb: > > What do people here use to install perl modules > (other > > than CPAN)? > > I use cpanplus (with a fixed reporter module) and > cpan. > > recent cpanplus versions became kinda unstable for > me with its Storage > module, but I had not time

Re: apache fails to start when not connected to net

--- Brian Dessent wrote: > Elvin Peterson wrote: > > > The /etc/hosts file is fine and does contain the > > definition for localhost. But the module in > question > > is doing > > > > gethostbyname("mymachinename") > > > > where mymachinename is the name given to the > windows > > machine dur

Re: ls /dev/*

> * Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-03 10:18:18 -0500]: > > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -, Chris January wrote: >>> > * Christopher Faylor >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: >>> > >>> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >>>

creating shared object (.so) with gcc under cygwin

Hello I am trying to create a shared object and use it in a program under cygwin with gcc. I seem to miss a point. If some kind soul could help me on that, I'd be very grateful. Here's the code for the shared object (calc_mean.c): #include "calc_mean.h" double mean(double a, double b) {

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:13:13AM -0500, Harig, Mark wrote: > > > > > > This did it. Group 18 (SYSTEM) was not in /etc/group; instead, > > > /etc/group only contained domain groups, not local groups. I ran > > > 'mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group' to recreate the file. > > > > Glad it's fixed. > > > >

RE: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

> > > > This did it. Group 18 (SYSTEM) was not in /etc/group; instead, > > /etc/group only contained domain groups, not local groups. I ran > > 'mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group' to recreate the file. > > Glad it's fixed. > > Hey Mark, care to add another test to cron_diagnose? > (see sample in postin

RE: ls /dev/*

On Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:32 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote [--- cut ---] > To me, a disk drive IS a device. YMMV! :-) [--- cut ---] Wouldn't the 'device' listings need to be more like the 'Volume' listings below (as opposed to the drive letters)? \\.\Volume{a58472f0-b0cd-11d8-aba8-806d6172696f

RE: ls /dev/*

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Andrew DeFaria > Sent: 03 November 2004 15:38 > The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry > sometimes, > since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory that what > I'm doing my > break things in some manner. T

Re: ls /dev/*

Andrew DeFaria wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: Sorry. I should have read further. Apparently the OP just wants *something* in /dev even if it is not what "should" be there. The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry sometimes, since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory

RE: ls /dev/*

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -, Chris January wrote: > >> > * Christopher Faylor > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 > 15:01:13 -0500]: > >> > > >> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: > >> >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? > >> >>cd /dev, ls /dev

Re: ls /dev/*

Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:52:13AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: * Andrew DeFaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 22:07:41 -0800]: Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? cd /dev, ls /d

Re: ls /dev/*

Christopher Faylor wrote: Sorry. I should have read further. Apparently the OP just wants *something* in /dev even if it is not what "should" be there. The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry sometimes, since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory that what I'm doing my

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 03:20:08PM -, Dave Korn wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor >> Sent: 03 November 2004 15:13 > >> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >> >Actually I change the cygdrive prefix to dev. Jus

Re: ls /dev/*

Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while cat /dev/clipboard works. No one has implement

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: autossh-1.2g-4

A new version of the autossh package is available in the Cygwin distribution. Changes in version 1.2g-4: * Changed to generic build script method for package building. * Combined all Cygwin-specific docs (README.Cygwin, NEWS.Cygwin, autossh.README) into autossh.README. To update your install

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lablgtk2-2.4.0-2

A new version of the lablgtk2 package is available in the Cygwin distribution. Changes in version 2.4.0-2: * Changed to generic build script method for package building. * Combined all Cygwin-specific docs (README.Cygwin, NEWS.Cygwin, lablgtk2.README) into lablgtk2.README. To update your inst

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: unison-2.10.2-3

A new version of the unison package is available in the Cygwin distribution. Changes in version 2.10.2-3: * Added /usr/share/doc/unison-2.10.2/unison-manual.html. * Patch: don't look in $USERPROFILE for the .unison directory; look only in $UNISON and then $HOME. This is the Unix behavior. * C

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:12:52AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>>On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >>> why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? cd /dev, ls /dev

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:52:13AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> * Andrew DeFaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 22:07:41 -0800]: >> >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >>> why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? cd /dev, l

RE: ls /dev/*

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 03 November 2004 15:13 > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >Actually I change the cygdrive prefix to dev. Just seems to > make sense > >to me that C: would be /dev/c as appo

Re: ls /dev/*

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -, Chris January wrote: >> > * Christopher Faylor >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >> >>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while

RE: ls /dev/*

> > * Chris January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-03 09:08:44 +]: > > > >> > * Christopher Faylor > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 > 15:01:13 -0500]: > >> > > >> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: > >> >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? > >> >>cd /dev,

Re: ls /dev/*

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> >>>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >>>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while >>>cat /dev/clipboard works. >> >>No one has implemented t

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:34:03PM +, Barry Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:24:37 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > crontab chowns the crontab file group to 18. Make sure that gid 18 > > is in /etc/group. Also I find it hard to believe that the strace you > > go

RE: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

> > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:24:37 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > crontab chowns the crontab file group to 18. Make sure that gid 18 > > is in /etc/group. Also I find it hard to believe that the strace you > > got gives no useful information. > > This did it. Group 1

Re: ls /dev/*

> * Andrew DeFaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 22:07:41 -0800]: > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> >>> why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >>> cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while >>> cat /dev/clipboard works. >> >> No one has i

Re: ls /dev/*

> * Chris January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-03 09:08:44 +]: > >> > * Christopher Faylor >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >> >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >> >>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail,

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:24:37 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > crontab chowns the crontab file group to 18. Make sure that gid 18 > is in /etc/group. Also I find it hard to believe that the strace you > got gives no useful information. This did it. Group 18 (SYSTEM) was not in

freezing in setup on xorf-x11

Its freezing while set up fsrv. Its the readme file. Keeps going and going and going. Windowx XP professional with Service Pack #2 and Norton Systemworks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:13:55AM +, Barry Kelly wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:33:57 -0500, Harig, Mark wrote: > > I (Barry Kelly) wrote: > > > I'm getting the following error when trying to install a > > > crontab on my account: > > > > > > $ crontab -e > > > # editing my crontab here... > >

RE: INFO Death

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gerrit P. Haase > Sent: 03 November 2004 09:31 > Arthur I Schwarz wrote: > > Symptoms: > >>> info info > >info: dir: No such file or directory > > Reinstall the _update_info_dir package or run: > $ sh /etc/postinstall/update-

Win32::API perl module

I have been trying to compile up Win32::API perl module under Cygwin's perl. The latest version off CPAN doesn't build (see below). I have found some refernces to patches people have applied to get it working in the past. In particular Win32:API version 0.20. http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/libwi

Re: Can I launch a graphical windows app from within a cygwin ssh session

DePriest, Jason R. schrieb: On Tuesday, November 02, 2004 4:12 PM, Mark Stuhr wrote [--cut some stuff--] launch a windows app that should run on that remote (or host, can never keep that syntax straight) box. (In other words a server runs an app most of the time, but not as a service. That app ne

Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:33:57 -0500, Harig, Mark wrote: > I (Barry Kelly) wrote: > > I'm getting the following error when trying to install a > > crontab on my account: > > > > $ crontab -e > > # editing my crontab here... > > chown: Invalid argument > > Please run this diagnostic script. It will a

Re: INFO Death

Arthur I Schwarz wrote: I just noticed that 'INFO' is no longer operational. I've been trying to find out why from the mailing list and from looking at my site. No luck. Can anyone offer a suggestion as to where to look for the answer (most helpful) or how to fix the problem (very useful). Thanks A

Re: Regex problem

Kotan wrote: Hi! I tried to use the POSIX regular expression functions under cygwin, and I only got segmentation faults. My program is working fine under Linux, but dont run at all with cygwin. Maybe you can give me a hint, whats wrong or if it is a bug. Does nobody know, if regex should work,

RE: ls /dev/*

> > * Christopher Faylor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: > > > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: > >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? > >>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while > >>cat /dev/clipboard works. > > > > No one has implemented the spec