Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.9.1-1

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 2/23/2017 6:01 PM, Tony Kelman wrote: >>> >>> The big question remains, where this speed boost coming from? >>> Is this a startup time? Or some internal slowness? >>> Because in latter case, given your STC, this is a bash

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.0-1

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Vince Rice wrote: >> As the 84 year old guy who helps my 70 year old dad … > > H. Is one of you Benjamin Button? :) That's what I thought when I first read this, but I re-read it a couple of times, it makes sense :-) -- Problem

Re: libpng 1.6.24-1

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 4:56 PM, John W. T. Eaton wrote: > unsubscribe The following URL describes now to unsubscribe from the mailing list: https://cygwin.com/lists.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Re: [Updated] Perl distributions

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > > Due to a problem during upload, these packages have been re-released as > *-2 and the previous *-1 release has been removed: > > perl-Business-ISBN-2.011-2 > perl-Mojolicious-6.64-2 > perl-Regexp-Common-2016060801-2 >

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Linda Walsh <cyg...@tlinx.org> wrote: > Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied >> >> I have several mounted partitions on my Windows machine (64bi

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott > <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) >> <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com&g

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) > <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: >> On 05/11/2016 08:14 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> >>&

cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

Hi; cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied I have several mounted partitions on my Windows machine (64bit Windows 7). Copying a file using cygwin cp , via mintty, from a mounted drive to a local path, I frequently get the aforementioned message. Is the

a recent 32-bit Cygwin install completed with these Unknown package messages

Hi; a recent (last night into this morning) 32-bit Cygwin initial install completed with these Unknown package messages Package: _/Unknown package mingw64-x86_64-glib2.0-networking.sh exit code 126 mingw64-x86_64-librsvg2.sh exit code 126 mingw64-x86_64-libwmf.sh exit code 126

Re: Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 20/04/2016 19:38, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >>> >>> On 20/04/2016 04:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>

Re: Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/04/2016 04:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit >> code of 2 from zp_fontconfi

Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

Hi; Just finished updating my 64-bit Cygwin; at the end I have an exit code of 2 from zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh Package: z/Perpetual zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh exit code 2 Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Cygwin certificate is not trusted? Unknown issuer?

wget fails https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe Resolving cygwin.com (cygwin.com)... 209.132.180.131 Connecting to cygwin.com (cygwin.com)|209.132.180.131|:443... connected. ERROR: The certificate of ‘cygwin.com’ is not trusted. ERROR: The certificate of ‘cygwin.com’ hasn't got a known issuer.

Re: Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 04/12/2016 12:13 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Hi; >> >> Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced >> while being copied >> >> $ uname -a >> CYGW

Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

Hi; Cygwin mv and cp fail: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 KWOLCOTT-9010 2.5.0(0.297/5/3) 2016-04-11 09:58 x86_64 Cygwin $ mv new_Perforce_account_request.txt ~/. mv: skipping file 'new_Perforce_account_request.txt', as it was replaced

Near the end of the Cygwin (64bit) update process today, an error regarding zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh

Hi; FYI: Near the end of the Cygwin (64bit) update process today, an error regarding zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh Package: z/Perpetual zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh exit code 1 I thought that it might be good to report this. Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports:

Every time I update 64bit Cygwin refresh the following happens: 'Package: _/Unknown package' 'x3270.sh exit code 1'

Hi All; Every time I update 64bit Cygwin refresh the following happens: Package: _/Unknown package x3270.sh exit code 1 Just curious, is this an obsolete/orphaned package? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On Mar 21 10:22, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott >> <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM,

Re: fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen > <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> wrote: >> On Mar 18 14:50, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> Hi; >>> >>> I am using

fts_read failed error during Cygwin find, du, etc operations

Hi; I am using a daily refreshed Cygwin64 on WIndows 7 Enterprise. When I mount fairly large NetApp volumes and perform a du -sh path or find path etc or rm -rf path where path is involved in the mount. like /cygdrive/y/ as mentioned below; (those are the three that I remember, all

Re: Can the Perl module Date::Calc be added to Cygwin please?

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> wrote: > Kenneth Wolcott writes: >> Please add Date::Calc Perl module to Cygwin. > > I'd consider that, but: What does it do that the available modules from > Date-Simple and DateTime don't? > > &

Can the Perl module Date::Calc be added to Cygwin please?

Hi; Please add Date::Calc Perl module to Cygwin. Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Using Perl on Cygwin; how to prevent display of unwanted usage/error message?

Hi; I'm using a qx call to "net user username /DOMAIN" (probably should use system instead) to determine whether a person having an active account in an application is still an employee. I get two messages back (error and/or usage) when a username is not found. "The user name could not be

Re: Using Perl on Cygwin; how to prevent display of unwanted usage/error message?

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Kenneth Wolcott > <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi; >> >> I'm using a qx call to "net user username /DOMAIN" (probably should >> use system instead) to determine whether a person having an active >

Re: Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Ken Brown <kbr...@cornell.edu> wrote: > On 1/18/2016 4:06 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> Taking a very long time to run >> /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh >> >> How long should it

Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh

Hi; Taking a very long time to run /etc/postinstall/texlive-dollection-context.sh How long should it take? I've had to terminate it prior to completion a couple of times because I had to logout of the machine (Windows 2008 Standard server). The longest I had it run was about 18 hours.

has anyone used Cygwin as a build system for android?

Hi; I'm considering using Cygwin as a build system for android. I'm totally new at this. What would I need that Cygwin itself does not provide? I know I need an Android SDK and an Android NDK (I have to build/link C/C++ with Java too). I assume that I will need Oracle Java. Is this

Re: mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Thomas Wolff <t...@towo.net> wrote: > On 26.11.2015 09:26, EXT David Macek wrote: >> >> On 26. 11. 2015 2:27, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >>> >>> Hi; >>> >>>It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-exis

mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

Hi; It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-existing MKS Toolkit installation prevents an interactive Cygwin window (mintty) from starting properly. If the c:\mksnt directory (where MKS Tookkit is installed) is renamed to c:\NOTmksnt, then double-clicking the Cygwin icon results in:

Install Cygwin on mounted drive for multiple concurrent users on multiple machines?

Hi; I didn't see this in the Cygwin FAQ (perhaps I didn't look carefully enough or perhaps it is too obvious a question). Instead of installing Cygwin on each Windows machine, is it advisable to install it once on a public mounted drive? Then not only multiple users (concurrent or not)

Can MKS Toolkit and Cygwin safely co-exist on Windows servers?

Hi; I now work in a Windows-centric build and release environment. The MKS Toolkit currently exists on most (if not all) of the Windows servers. If I were to install Cygwin, would it conflict with MKS Toolkit? Secondly, I'm really confused about 32bit versus 64bit servers; should I

FYI: Unknown package error during post-installation of 32-bit cywgin

Hi; FYI: Unknown package error during post-installation of 32-bit cywgin: Package: Unknown package mate-session-manager.sh exit code 127 openbox.sh exit code 127 WindowMaker.sh exit code 127 xfce4-session.sh exit code 127 xinit.sh exit code 127 -- Unsubscribe info:

Executing Windows commands from Cygwin with or without cmd: what are the pros and cons?

Hi; Where can I find information regarding the pros and cons of using or not using the cmd command to execute Windows commands from Cygwin? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Executing Windows commands from Cygwin with or without cmd: what are the pros and cons?

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Andrey Repin anrdae...@yandex.ru wrote: Greetings, Kenneth Wolcott! Where can I find information regarding the pros and cons of using or not using the cmd command to execute Windows commands from Cygwin? If you clarify, what exactly you are trying to achieve

pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package

Hi; FYI. pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package uname -r reports 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) obtained fresh setup-86.exe prior to updating. Thanks, Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

brltty postinstall error during setup-x86.exe Cygwin install

Hi; Here's the error during the install: Package: Unknown package brltty.sh exit code 1 Here's the pertinent line in the /var/log/setup.log.full: 2013/07/30 20:56:03 running: C:\cygwin32\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/brltty.sh cygrunsrv: Error installing a service:

please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion

Hi; please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion I noticed cgf's mirrored cgwin installation for 64-bit and 32-bit Cygwin: very nice. Now, you guys might think I'm 100% nuts, but I download

Re: please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:42 PM, marco atzeri marco.atz...@gmail.com wrote: Il 7/27/2013 5:18 AM, Kenneth Wolcott ha scritto: Hi; please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion there is no merged

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

Hi All; Again, first of all, thanks for Cygwin! And thanks for Cygwin 64! Since almost all pertinent context in this email thread is now scattered (at least for me), I have removed all prior content in this reply. I just ran an update using the same mirror (kernel.org) I usually use.

setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

Hi; I think 64bit Cygwin is awesome :-) FYI: trivial postinstall errors: Downloaded setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com Selected c:\cygwin64 as install point Selected c:\cygwin64\download as download location Requested Install from Internet Postinstall errors: Package: bash bash.sh exit code

During postinstall, warning: Package: Unknown package; a2ps.sh exit code 2

Hi; Package: Unknown package a2ps.sh exit code 2 Is there a missing dependency? This is what happens when I run sh /etc/postinstall/a2ps.sh manually from mintty: $ sh -xv /etc/postinstall/a2ps.sh if [ ! -f /etc/a2ps-site.cfg ] then /usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc /usr/bin/cp

Re: [OT] Directory separator symbol

VMS. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Andrey Repin anrdae...@freemail.ru wrote: Greetings, All! I'm sorry for this off-topic question, but knowing that this list is full of people with different experience, I though I might ask. Anyone know a filesystem or operating system, which is using

Re: make producing basename error that can't be captured by make make.out

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 19:05, Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 18:52, Paul Allen Newell pnew...@cs.cmu.edu wrote: Cygwin: I've already run an earlier version of this through the list to see if I was dealing with pilot error. Its gotten to the point

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:12, Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolc...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 00:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jan 30 22:39, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi; mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable The User's

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

Update: Starting the mintty shelll again I get the same message suggesting running the mkpasswd and mkgroup. I do the command without the -d and everything seems to work. mkpasswd -l /.etc/passwd; mkgroup -l /etc/group                ^^'              dotetc? I exit the shell and

Re: mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 00:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jan 30 22:39, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi; mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable The User's Guide may help: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup http

mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

Hi; mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable fresh install, first time, of ALL (non-source) packages of cygwin on 64-bit Windows 7 Got the usual: Your group is mkgroup... I'm not currently in a domain and do not wish to be in a domain so

Re: mk_all

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:09, kathy3826 lovrreko...@yahoo.com wrote: No, my guess is that you used mk_all when you should have used ./mk_all and that shows the real problem. That wasn't the problem. Wow, this has been a very interesting detective puzzle game, a bit more difficult than

Re: cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 02:43, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar  2 18:01, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi;   I get the following error output when opening a terminator (enclosed at bottom of the email).   This is the jessies.org terminator, not the gnome terminator.   Now I don't get the following

Re: cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

Hi Corinna; The problem seems to be fixed now (after a recent update). uname.exe -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 KWOLCOTT-T61 1.7.8(0.236/5/3) 2011-03-01 09:36 i686 Cygwin Since Corinna replied on 3/3 and your Cygwin DLL version was built on 3/1, I think it's fair to assume that you don't have the

cygwin 1.78 errors when invoking terminator (*** fatal error - MapViewOfFileEx '(null)'(0x708), Win32 error 6. Terminating.)

Hi;   I get the following error output when opening a terminator (enclosed at bottom of the email). This is the jessies.org terminator, not the gnome terminator.   Now I don't get the following when I open a cygwin prompt.   So I thought it might be a terminator thing.   I had just updated

Re: Mg3a - a version of Mg2a developed on Cygwin

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 13:46, Bengt Larsson lists.cygw...@bengtl.net wrote: Bengt Larsson wrote: Kenneth Wolcott wrote: sigh, no ^X d (aka dired mode) by default ! True. I never use it. I kind of philosophically disagree with it.  Strange, as dired is one of the most important pieces

Re: Mg3a - a version of Mg2a developed on Cygwin

One comment in-line... On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 22:47, Bengt Larsson lists.cygw...@bengtl.net wrote: Cyrille Lefevre wrote: Thanks for your informed criticism. But I haven't suggested it should be delivered with Cygwin. make install should copy mg to /bin instead of /docs/Command, Yup copy

Re: 1.7.7: Windows 2003 R2 WOW64: Cygwin installation fails

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 18:53, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: On 02/10/2011 09:00 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: On 02/10/2011 08:16 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: After having so much difficulty post-upgrade Cygwin 1.5 to 1.7 on my Windows 2003 R2 WOW64 machine:     I prepared a fresh installation of

Re: 'cygcheck -p' timeout on WinXP (Winsock error 12002)

Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 17:43, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Windows XP, fully patched. Cygwin, latest download from website (installed today). It appears cygcheck times out on Windows XP. The timeout occurs with the Windows firewall up and down. Other downloads are

Re: Problem installing packages

Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 20:26, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control

Re: trouble posting to cygwin-apps

2010/10/7 SZABÓ Gergely s...@subogero.com: Hello, The mailing list does not accept html email, that's fair enough. The real problem is, it also bounces every email with a company disclaimer about intentions and original addressees. Well, the original addressee is cygwin at cygwin dot com,

Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?

Hi; On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:37, Andrey Repin anrdae...@freemail.ru wrote: Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts     Disable creation of desktop and start                              menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid.  It does not change the fact that the

Re: USER/GDI Objects leak with (XWin.exe) Cygwin/X X Server Verion 1.7.6, Build Date 2010-03-18

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 08:01, Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-ple...@cygwin.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 09:34:01PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote: If you are using the current version of Xming, that is the case. If you are using the free version of Xming, that's about 3 years old.  

Re: Setup Error: setup.bz2 line 5232: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting NL

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 13:37, Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 13:20, Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-ple...@cygwin.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:27:01PM -0700, Dragos Toader wrote: Hi all, I get the following parse error

Re: How do I start WM?

, Reid Thompson reid.thomp...@ateb.com wrote: On 2/26/2010 6:40 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi;   Now, if it isn't asking too much, I'd like to use KDE as my Window Manager and I'd like some KDE-based utilities, like konsole and karm (? the task/time manager).   I don't see a great deal

Re: How do I start WM?

Hi; On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:44, Reid Thompson reid.thomp...@ateb.com wrote: Try this: Copy the shortcut as mentioned earlier in the email trail. set the Target to be:  C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startx -- /usr/bin/Xwin.exe Note the double quotes around the

Re: How do I start WM?

. The Windoze start shortcut did help, and the ~/.xinitrc did help -- thank you. Thanks, Ken Wolcott On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:35, Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi; On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:44, Reid Thompson reid.thomp...@ateb.com wrote: Try this: Copy the shortcut

Re: How do I start WM?

Hi; To achive this, create a icon that points to C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startx Edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and change twm to openbox That changes the behavior for all users. I tried this last advice. I get a quick flash and then gone (Windoze XP

Re: How do I start WM?

Hi Holger; 1. Do you have a .xinitrc in your home directory? (try ls -la ) If so, delete it. I do not have a ~/.xinitrc in either /home/kwolcott 2. Will it start if you manually enter startx in a cygwin shell? I was able to start twm using startx without any problem, but I would like

Re: How do I start WM?

Hi Holger; In your first mail you said you wanted to start openbox as a window manager, now you talk about kde. That are two different things. What happens if you start openbox in a bash shell without starting a X-Server first? If I don't set the DISPLAY environment variable then it

Re: xls to text conversion ?

Hi Maarten; There are Perl CPAN modules to create/write Excel and parse Excel (one of many examples http://search.cpan.org/~havi/Spreadsheet-Excel2Text-0.03/lib/Spreadsheet/Excel2Text.pm) which should work (I've not recently tried them) on cygwin. Search for these at http://search.cpan.org...

where is my /usr/dict/words or /usr/share/dict/words on cygwin? (1.7)

Hi; I update frequently. I always get everything from the standard cygwin mirrors. I have not seen /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words for quite some time now. I really like this package and it is not installed on any of our proprietary systems at work and it is not installed on