[bash] Memory leak in childs

2011-07-15 Thread AZ 9901
Hello, I think I have found a memory leak in bash. Just launch the following test loop having a look at Windows Task Manager, Page File Usage tab : while [ 1 ] do test=$(echo test) done Memory usage is constantly growing. Once Cygwin closed, memory is still used, not released. Testing with

Re: [bash] Memory leak in childs

2011-07-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:02:19PM +0200, AZ 9901 wrote: Hello, I think I have found a memory leak in bash. This is not a bug-reporting mailing list. Please use the main cygwin list.

winsup/doc ChangeLog cygwinenv.sgml

2011-07-15 Thread cgf
CVSROOT:/cvs/uberbaum Module name:winsup Changes by: c...@sourceware.org 2011-07-15 20:59:07 Modified files: doc: ChangeLog cygwinenv.sgml Log message: * cygwinenv.sgml (using-cygwinenv): Clarify glob works. Patches:

winsup/doc ChangeLog

2011-07-15 Thread cgf
CVSROOT:/cvs/uberbaum Module name:winsup Changes by: c...@sourceware.org 2011-07-15 20:59:30 Modified files: doc: ChangeLog Log message: correct comment Patches:

Re: [PATCH] fix for sigsegv in gcc 4.6

2011-07-15 Thread jojelino
On 2011-07-15 오전 1:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: Given the fact that you're changing a fundamental part of Cygwin, I'd classify this change as nontrivial. I think you need a copyright assignment as per http://cygwin.com/contrib.html . cgf The assignment has been posted.

CYGWIN / (no)glob documentation bug

2011-07-15 Thread Hannu Koivisto
Hi, http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html says: (no)glob[:ignorecase] - if set, command line arguments containing UNIX-style file wildcard characters (brackets, question mark, asterisk, escaped with \) are expanded into lists of files that match those wildcards. This is applicable

Re: Error when Perl calling shell scipt using Cygwin c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error 487

2011-07-15 Thread Gaurav Chhabra
Hi, As suggested, i tried asking ActiveState guys but that didn't work. :( So i planned to ditch the ActiveState Perl :) and go with Cygwin's Perl. Again encountered a similar error as present in my first post so i thought of using 'perlrebase' as suggested by Reini. Still i am getting the

Re: Error when Perl calling shell scipt using Cygwin c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error 487

2011-07-15 Thread Gaurav Chhabra
Sorry, i forgot mentioning that i have attached the log files (perlrebase and main error that i am getting) for reference in my last post. Thanks, Gaurav -- View this message in context:

how to access to drive using cd

2011-07-15 Thread dbonneau
Hi, I am trying to access to a drive call Q when I acess to c drive by typing cd /c , it works fine but not with cd /q could you tell me how to do that ? thanks d -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/how-to-access-to-drive-using-cd-tp32070070p32070070.html Sent from the

Re: how to access to drive using cd

2011-07-15 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 7/15/2011 12:32, dbonneau wrote: Hi, I am trying to access to a drive call Q when I acess to c drive by typing cd /c , it works fine but not with cd /q could you tell me how to do that ? Assuming you're running under the Cygwin Bash shell, the default way would be the following:

Re: how to access to drive using cd

2011-07-15 Thread dbonneau
Hi, Thank you for you reply. I tried cd/cygwin/q but it said no such file or directory.. Thanks,d Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: On 7/15/2011 12:32, dbonneau wrote: Hi, I am trying to access to a drive call Q when I acess to c drive by typing cd /c , it works fine but not with cd /q

popen () fails when running from the windows prompt

2011-07-15 Thread Luiz Claudio Valdetaro
i, I am planning a minimalistic installation of my application using cygwin. Everything works fine, except that popen() fails when running from the windows prompt. If I ran from the bash shell prompt of cygwin , it works fine. It is the only api I use that is failing. I created a simple,

Re: popen () fails when running from the windows prompt

2011-07-15 Thread Andy Koppe
On 15 July 2011 19:41, Luiz Claudio Valdetaro wrote: i, I am planning a minimalistic installation of my application using cygwin. Everything works fine, except that popen() fails when running from the windows prompt. If I ran from the bash shell prompt of cygwin , it works fine. It is the

New mirror for Cygwin

2011-07-15 Thread George Machitidze
Hello I want to add mirror for Cygwin, but I didn't found any details on the site, can anybody clarify how to become mirror please? Thanks Best regards, George Machitidze -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

1.7 (an previous) ln bug

2011-07-15 Thread Garber, Dave (GE Energy, Non-GE)
Using winsymlinks, it seems that if you create a symbolic link to a non-existent file, the POSIX target gets set, but the Windows target does not. The cygpath command will return a valid Windows path for the non-existent file, so that should be used for the Windows target value. It doesn't make

Re: how to access to drive using cd

2011-07-15 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 7/15/2011 13:02, dbonneau wrote: Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: On 7/15/2011 12:32, dbonneau wrote: Hi, I am trying to access to a drive call Q when I acess to c drive by typing cd /c , it works fine but not with cd /q could you tell me how to do that ? Assuming you're running under the

Re: New mirror for Cygwin

2011-07-15 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 7/15/2011 3:37 PM, George Machitidze wrote: Hello I want to add mirror for Cygwin, but I didn't found any details on the site, can anybody clarify how to become mirror please? From http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html: sourcemaster is also the place to send requests to be added to this

Re: popen () fails when running from the windows prompt

2011-07-15 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 15.07.2011 21:22, schrieb Andy Koppe: On 15 July 2011 19:41, Luiz Claudio Valdetaro wrote: i, I am planning a minimalistic installation of my application using cygwin. Everything works fine, except that popen() fails when running from the windows prompt. If I ran from the bash shell prompt