help running tftpd under winXP

I'm trying to start the tftpd under windows XP without any luck. The cygrunsrv.exe program that installs a program as a windows service seemed to work for me when I set up the secure shell daemon some time back, but trying the same thing for tftpd hasn't worked. Any ideas? here's my attempt at ins

RE: mysqlc

Well I seemed to have got things installed and running but I'm still testing. I found a very nice step-by-step in mailing.database.mysql from H. Gonzalez. I've included his post at the end. I would only add to his instructions to use "perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBI'" to install the DBI and "perl -MCP

Re: Lib nl_types.h

Thanks. But i do not understand what you meen about supply a patch. > > > Hi. > > > > I build the application but it doesn`t find the nl_types.h > > Please help me to find this library. > > > It's not a library but rather a header file. > > With all questions like this, first visit > >

Re: CygPath to Clipboard (was: example needed pls ...)

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Any particular reason why you're discounting regtool? This is a Cygwin > list, after all... ;-) > Igor There's a perfectly good reason... I didn't know regtool existed until now. :-o All this TMTOWTDI talk and someone might mistake this for a perl list. Bri

Re: CygPath to Clipboard (was: example needed pls ...)

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Brian Dessent wrote: > Soren A wrote: > > > OK, Brian, your copy_cygpath tool works just fine (sans the issues > > of providing fancy escaping a' la' `ls'). But I cannot get the > > Registry to accept the entries now! Each time I try I get the keys > > created OK, but the "comm

Re: CygPath to Clipboard (was: example needed pls ...)

Soren A wrote: > OK, Brian, your copy_cygpath tool works just fine (sans the issues > of providing fancy escaping a' la' `ls'). But I cannot get the > Registry to accept the entries now! Each time I try I get the keys > created OK, but the "command" is undefined (I am writing of how we > see the R

Re: posix and win32 enviornment

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Ling F. Zhang wrote: > I am writting a C program... > is there a way for me to know if the program is being > executed in win32 or posix cygwin so that I can use > the appropriate filesystem when referring files? It's very simple. If you use the Cygwin gcc, by default it link

posix and win32 enviornment

I am writting a C program... is there a way for me to know if the program is being executed in win32 or posix cygwin so that I can use the appropriate filesystem when referring files? __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Re: CYGWIN_ROOT Question -- Attn: XFree86-fnts maintainer

Gerald, Well, this is not a bug in setup.exe, but it looks like a bug in the postinstall scripts for the XFree86-f??? packages. Basically, the scripts re-mount /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts to force a binary mount. They use `cygpath -w` to find the Windows path of the fonts directory. Unfortunately,

RE: No userid

Michael, First off, there is no need to Cc: me, I got the message through the list. I set the Reply-To: for a reason. Now, you're using a very old version of Cygwin (1.3.10). There have been numerous changes since 1.3.10 in the way the home directory is determined. Thus, any advice you've receiv

Re: CYGWIN_ROOT Question

It's pretty unlikely that setup would put part of your installation on one drive and directory and the rest elsewhere. I checked the font packages (which is really gratuitous) and things there are fine. More likely, you inadvertently installed these packages to a different location with an earlie

Re: can Cygwin packages be installed from inside the Cygwin shell?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Chris Stromsoe wrote: > Is it possible to install Cygwin packages from inside the Cygwin shell? > I've got a remote machine that is running ssh. I need to add some > packages to it, but don't want to make the trek up to the console. Is > there a way to install individual pack

RE: No userid

I ran cygcheck -svr and I've attached the output. To track down the source of the problem I added the following lines at the top of my /etc/profile: echo $USER echo $HOME and the following printed out: foo7873 /home/Administrator So I added a Win2K environmental variable (in the User section

Re: gcc using termios.h and -mno-cygwin

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Terry Dabbs wrote: > I am new and may really get flamed on this To repeat someone else's advice I received a while ago, "don't invite flames"... :-) > I need to do serial port IO on Windows98 and NT using com1 and com2. I > have seen some nice examples which compile and e

Re: tcsh on Cygwin and problems in installing cygwin ...

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, philippe guillaume wrote: > I saw on the cygwin site that there was a package for > tcsh ... But : > 1- i haven't found a site to download it yet > 2- i 've tried to download and install cygwin with the > cygwin-site release and the install blocks when > choosing the packages..

Re: CYGWIN_ROOT Question

Thanks for the reply I have come to believe this is an X problem after all and will add a post there. It seems that during my cygwin installation everything was installed in D: (D:\usr, D:\bin etc), except for usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts. which was instead installed as C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\font

can Cygwin packages be installed from inside the Cygwin shell?

Is it possible to install Cygwin packages from inside the Cygwin shell? I've got a remote machine that is running ssh. I need to add some packages to it, but don't want to make the trek up to the console. Is there a way to install individual packages from the shell, without having console access?

Re: CygPath to Clipboard (was: example needed pls ...)

Soren A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I have been using double backslashes! Does not seem to matter, still cannot get it working. But I discovered a significant bug in the Perl tool (REGexpandSZgen). Please throw out the one attached earlier and go to the

gcc using termios.h and -mno-cygwin

I am new and may really get flamed on this I need to do serial port IO on Windows98 and NT using com1 and com2. I have seen some nice examples which compile and execute without using -mno-cygwin in the archives. When I use the "-mno-cygwin" option I get the error "termios.h not found". this

CygPath to Clipboard (was: example needed pls ...)

Hey, 'bout time to change the Subject: and start a new thread, eh? ---Reference to Previous thread--- Subject: Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c ' Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

mmap() and gcc precompiled headers

I've been trying to get the new gcc PCH code working on Cygwin. The gcc PCH implementation works by using mmap() to quickly resurrect the precompiled header when compiling on a new file. To allow this to be done quickly, mmap() is used when creating the precompiled header and the precompiled infor

Re: ping Eduardo Chappa-pine

*** alex hardy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today: :) >Pine does not need to use ssmtp to send e-mail, that's a cygwin :) >program for mutt. When sending e-mail with Pine you need to define the :) >smtp-server variable. From the main screen press S C, it's almost at :) >the top. :) :) Here is what my

tcsh on Cygwin and problems in installing cygwin ...

I saw on the cygwin site that there was a package for tcsh ... But : 1- i haven't found a site to download it yet 2- i 've tried to download and install cygwin with the cygwin-site release and the install blocks when choosing the packages... 3- i haven't seen the tcsh package in this install There

RE: Why do symlinks need to be system files

Well, It turns out that my problem has been solved by ondemand software. They purchased the Win-Install program from Veritas a while ago. With the release of Windows Server 2003, they've released Win Install LE 2003. http://www.ondemandsoftware.com/FREELE2003/ This version actually correctly r

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Soren A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > So, next escalation is to either write a dialogue (either in the C > version or sticking to scripting, maybe cook up a .WSH script). If > doing the scripting version, we'll have Perl do some heuristics, first > checkin

ping Eduardo Chappa-pine

Thanks for post on 28-06-2003: >Pine does not need to use ssmtp to send e-mail, that's a cygwin program >for mutt. When sending e-mail with Pine you need to define the smtp-server >variable. From the main screen press S C, it's almost at the top. Here is what my config looks like: PINE 4.55

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Oops, I left off a call to GlobalFree(hglbBuffer); before exiting. Or > maybe not, I'm not sure with this global heap business that you have to > use when working with the clipboard... Anybody know if the system

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I agree that REG_EXPAND_SZ is "nicer" in terms of not hard-coding > paths, but since $CYGROOT is non-standard I don't see that it matters > too much. Yes . (Finding this so much fun, there's nothing like throwin

mysqlc

There are a couple of different issues here: 1. connecting mysqlc client under cygwin bash shell 2. setting up the perl DBD::mysql I'm running mysql server (win32) and I think mysqlc client should be able to connect running under cygwin. It runs under cmd.exe; under cygwin it just

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > "%CYGROOT%\\bin\\bash -c \"echo -n `/bin/cygpath -u > '%l'`>/dev/clipboard\"" + NewLine > > When I run the command I get an error. The proper quoting is > > "%CYGROOT%\bin\bash" -c "echo -n `/bin/cygpath -u '%

Re: inet_addr library

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Martin Gainty wrote: > $ > GCC -enable-stdcall-fixup -L/cygdrive/f/slp/openslp-1.1.3/common/.libs/test > S > LPReg.c slp_property.o slp_message.o libslp_reg.o libslp_handle.o > libslp_proper > ty.o slp_linkedlist.o slp_pid.o libslp_network.o libslp_knownda.o > libslp_parse. > o

inet_addr library

$ GCC -enable-stdcall-fixup -L/cygdrive/f/slp/openslp-1.1.3/common/.libs/test S LPReg.c slp_property.o slp_message.o libslp_reg.o libslp_handle.o libslp_proper ty.o slp_linkedlist.o slp_pid.o libslp_network.o libslp_knownda.o libslp_parse. o slp_compare.o slp_xid.o slp_buffer.o slp_network.o slp_if

Re: Pause / Break key locks up rxvt ?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: > Brian Dessent wrote: > > > Additionally, ^Q unfreezes the output just as if ^S had been > > pressed, at least on mine... > > And this one works with screen. ^C and ^Z just don't unlock it, > but are executed (tested with ^C or ^Z + ^Q). Thanks.

Re: Question on postinstall

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Carl Lindgren wrote: > > I have "ported" pdksh to Cygwin. Is there any reason why you can't use the > > version distributed in the net release? Do you have the same problems with > the > > net release version (5.2.14-2)? > > > > No, there isn't... I was not aware that pdksh is

Re: Question on postinstall

> I have "ported" pdksh to Cygwin. Is there any reason why you can't use the > version distributed in the net release? Do you have the same problems with the > net release version (5.2.14-2)? > No, there isn't... I was not aware that pdksh is now in the net release. The last mirror I did was back

RE: CRLF to LF Issue

FYI... :-} I've been in this situation since 1985 or so... (Amiga user since then. AmigaOS uses LF EOL. Also been using MS "OS'es" since before '85). "My way" has been: 1) Keep each OS clean of files not having the default line ending 2) Make sure to always CONVERT files _at the very moment_

Re: Pause / Break key locks up rxvt ?

Brian Dessent wrote: > Additionally, ^Q unfreezes the output just as if ^S had been > pressed, at least on mine... And this one works with screen. ^C and ^Z just don't unlock it, but are executed (tested with ^C or ^Z + ^Q). Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], dyndns.org} -- Unsubscribe info: h

Re: Question on postinstall

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Carl Lindgren wrote: > Opps! >>> I did mean EOL and not EOF, sorry for the confusion... > > Like I said in my last post... I don't have a problem with bash or zsh only > with ksh that I compiled on Cygwin. Not a major problem for me but I would > like to know how to correct it.

Re: Question on postinstall

Opps! >>> I did mean EOL and not EOF, sorry for the confusion... Like I said in my last post... I don't have a problem with bash or zsh only with ksh that I compiled on Cygwin. Not a major problem for me but I would like to know how to correct it. It seems to me, from what I can remember, that the

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:46:59AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Martin Gainty wrote: > >>Not familiar with technical term WTF > > > >http://cygwin.com/acronyms/ > > Oops. Sorry for the noise. Should

Re: Question on postinstall

Carl, Ok, I can see what you're saying now. You meant EOL's, not EOF's, right? To reset the system mounts to binary, use the following: eval "`mount -m | sed '/ -s /s/ -t / -b /'`" To reset them to text, you could use something like eval "`mount -m | sed '/X11/!{/ -s /s/ -b / -t /}'`" to make

Re: Question on postinstall

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > As for a Cygwin-port of ksh, there's none I know of - but please feel free > to contribute! There is, of course, pdksh - which I overlooked. Sorry about that :| rlc -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem r

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:46:59AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Martin Gainty wrote: >>Not familiar with technical term WTF > >http://cygwin.com/acronyms/ Oops. Sorry for the noise. Should have read further in the thread. cgf -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Question on postinstall

If your port is Cygwin-savvy (i.e. is a Cygwin application and uses Cygwin for its file I/O) then the question falls back to the mount tables. The Setup option controls how the mount table is set up (binmode vs textmode mounts). Any program that opens a file in text mode (i.e. without specifical

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Martin Gainty wrote: >Not familiar with technical term WTF http://cygwin.com/acronyms/ cgf -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently

Re: csh on cygwin?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] philippe guillaume wrote: > Is there csh on Cygwin ? > If yes how can i go from bash t csh ? What do you see? tcsh? And, yes you can switch to tcsh from bash. Just call it from the prompt. Elfyn -- -- Unsubscribe info: http

csh on cygwin?

Is there csh on Cygwin ? If yes how can i go from bash t csh ? Thans ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-si

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Brian Dessent wrote: > [snip] > There's a couple of problems with it still, in the backspaces/quotes > department. Your .reg file installs the command: > > "%CYGROOT%\\bin\\bash -c \"echo -n `/bin/cygpath -u > '%l'`>/dev/clipboard\"" + NewLine > > When I run the command I get

Re: CYGWIN_ROOT Question

Gerald Pekmezi wrote: Thanks in advance for helping. I originally had Linux RH9 installed on the second partition of my primary (and at the time only) harddrive. I have since dedicated a secondary hard drive to Linux, and figured I would completely dedicate the partition to Cygwin (D:\). However

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Martin Gainty wrote: > Not familiar with technical term WTF > Your solution for using GCC options was successful. FYI, that "solution" could have been found easily by reading "info gcc". Also, as Brian asked already, please don't reply to ra

Re: Question on postinstall

Thanks, but I'm still not sure why then the Cygwin install asks you whether you want Unix or DOS style files (EOF's). After reading your post I did some further investigation and determined that my problem is in my port of ksh and not specifically with Cygwin itself. Does anyone know of a Cygwin

Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files

Mark R. wrote: That does make sense. I've played around with using ln -s to create my own symlinks. The odd thing is that these are all being created as shortcuts vs this other method. Now that I'm in the "I'm just curious" mode - Does anyone know why the two different methods are used? -Mark O

RE: Why do symlinks need to be system files

Mark, The "old style" symlinks, which are text files marked "system" containing just the path (and a magic number) are smaller and easier to create and process than the "new style" symlinks, which are just Windows shortcuts. The "new style" ones have the advantage of being recognized as links by W

Re: Lib nl_types.h

Andrey Sidun wrote: Hi. I build the application but it doesn`t find the nl_types.h Please help me to find this library. It's not a library but rather a header file. With all questions like this, first visit In your case, you'll find that nl_types.h is not in any

Re: Doesn't chdir to /home/foo when cygwin shell is started

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Xanana Gusmao wrote: > Igor, > > > At a guess, your /etc/passwd does not contain the user you log in as > ("foo" in your example), > > Wrong. foo has an entry in the passwd file. > > $ mkpass -l > snip--- > bonga:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:Xanana > Gusmao,neptune\foo,S-

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Not familiar with technical term WTF Your solution for using GCC options was successful. Vielen Danke, -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: More on GCC

Martin Gainty wrote: > I managed to get 2 modules to compile. SLPReg.o has a main libslp_handle > does not have a main . But I get this always get this error > $ GCC > SLPReg.c -nostartfiles -L/cygdrive/f/slp/openslp-1.1.3/common/.libs/test > libslp_handle.o SLPReg.o > SLPReg.o(.text+0xc8):SLPReg.

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Brian Dessent wrote: > EmptyClipboard(); > SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hglbBuffer); > CloseClipboard(); > > return 0; > } Oops, I left off a call to GlobalFree(hglbBuffer); before exiting. Or maybe not, I'm not sure with this global heap business that you have to use when working

More on GCC

Hello All I managed to get 2 modules to compile. SLPReg.o has a main libslp_handle does not have a main . But I get this always get this error $ GCC SLPReg.c -nostartfiles -L/cygdrive/f/slp/openslp-1.1.3/common/.libs/test libslp_handle.o SLPReg.o SLPReg.o(.text+0xc8):SLPReg.c: multiple definition

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Soren A wrote: > OK, "what's UP with this bizarre thing?" It is a REG_EXPAND_SZ -type > REGEDIT .reg file instead of using easy REG_SZ -type entries. The > expansion encoded is of a variable %CYGROOT% which must be present > in the Windows "master" environment, so that the Registry > _always_ has

CYGWIN_ROOT Question

Thanks in advance for helping. I originally had Linux RH9 installed on the second partition of my primary (and at the time only) harddrive. I have since dedicated a secondary hard drive to Linux, and figured I would completely dedicate the partition to Cygwin (D:\). However I have begun to suspect

RE: Problems with cron - Almost there

Thanks that did it! -Original Message- From: Vince Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:02 PM To: Vince Hoffman; 'Jarrod Hermer'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'Harig, Mark' Subject: RE: Problems with cron - Almost there Doh sorry thats */5 * * *

RE: Why do symlinks need to be system files

That does make sense. I've played around with using ln -s to create my own symlinks. The odd thing is that these are all being created as shortcuts vs this other method. Now that I'm in the "I'm just curious" mode - Does anyone know why the two different methods are used? -Mark -Original M

RE: Problems with cron - Almost there

Doh sorry thats */5 * * * * "command" > -Original Message- > From: Vince Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 July 2003 12:56 > To: 'Jarrod Hermer'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'Harig, Mark' > Subject: RE: Problems with cron - Almost there > > > I think the form

RE: Problems with cron - Almost there

I think the format for every 5 minutes is /5 * * * * touch /tmp/test.file read man 5 crontab rathe than just man crontab. > -Original Message- > From: Jarrod Hermer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 July 2003 12:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'Harig, Mark' > Subje

RE: Problems with cron - Almost there

Thanks for the help, that seemed to solve my problem. Now I seem to be stumped by a simple problem. I have read all the cron and crontab man pages but still cannot seemed to get my job to run every 5 minuts. The following causes the hello.txt file to be generated every minute: * * * * * echo "Hel

Re: ls.exe slow down in cygwin 1.3.13

At 02:24 PM 6/30/2003 +0800, Carlo Florendo wrote: >Last November 2002, I've upgraded cygwin and encountered a variation in the behaviour of ls. ls, when invoked as "ls -l" takes a >bit longer to execute than the previous cygwin version. (I've attached the output of cygehck.) I haven't upgraded

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

Soren A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 02 Jul 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Attachment: CygPathExpandSZ.reg > Attachment: REGexpandSZgen.p My newsreader is buggy, if I attach it makes the body text just vanish. Here's what accompanied those attached files when I hit "send" 10 minutes ago:

Re: overcoming make in openssl

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 11:38:55AM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, james_lankton wrote: > > > Here are the details as requested > > > > I have configured open ssl-0.9.7b with the command ./ ./ ??? If you have a look into the util/cygwin.sh script, you'll find it makes basical

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c '

CygPathExpandSZ.reg Description: Binary data REGexpandSZgen.p Description: Binary data -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwi

Re: overcoming make in openssl

Thankyou Elfyn I will look for the build script its not build.sh also I was not aware of the mentioned script my fault. James "Elfyn McBratney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, james_lankton wrote: > > > Here are the details as requested > > > > I

re: overcoming make in openssl

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, james_lankton wrote: > Here are the details as requested > > I have configured open ssl-0.9.7b with the command ./ > but am having a problem with the make command. > > > Here is the result. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ cd openssl-0.9.7b > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/openssl-0.9.7b

re: overcoming make in openssl

Here are the details as requested I have configured open ssl-0.9.7b with the command ./ but am having a problem with the make command. Here is the result. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cd openssl-0.9.7b [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/openssl-0.9.7b $ make making all in crypto... make[1]: Entering directory `/h

[ANNOUNCEMENT] updated PCRE packages available for download

New News: = Version 4.3-2 of the PCRE packages is now available for download. This corresponds to the latest official PCRE release with a minor packaging fix with respect to the previous release. To update your installation: === Run the Setup utility from http://cy

Re: re overcoming make in openssl

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 02:04:40AM -0700, james lankton wrote: > After long and fruitless time trying to make openssl in cygwin > I do not know what to do next? > > I have tried just the normal install which comes with cygwin > ie openssl version 0.9.7b-3 > > My brain hurts so much that I canno