Re: grep treating my text files as binary!

ing about this - it resisted my Googling skills! Merry Xmas -- zzapper https://twitter.com/dailyzshtip --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http

grep treating my text files as binary!

Binary file /c/intranet/note/note.html matches file note.html note.html: HTML document, Non-ISO extended-ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators I know I can iconv them but why is this suddenly happening I'm unaware of changing any of my settings?? (behaves same with zsh & bash) --

/usr/share/locale/af

ctory. In the end manually created the directory af in /usr/share/locale also /usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES and magically my Cygwin was all bright and shiny again. Don't know if this was a one off , or a chestnut, or if this posting might help someone! -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/

Re: scp wont allow wildcards

7;/var/html/www/scripts/*.php' . > > > Corinna > Thanks , sorted. (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) I would rather classify my bungle as "looking for a complicated reason rather than a simple one"!!) -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/ Tec

Re: scp wont allow wildcards

> > rcp root@111.111.111.111:/var/html/www/scripts/*.php . > > reports "no Matches" > > I guess it's a setting on the remote server in .rhosts etc please advise drat I meant scp -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/ Technical Tips -- Problem reports: ht

rcp wont allow wildcards

etting on the remote server in .rhosts etc please advise -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/ Technical Tips -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.3.9-1

Peter A. Castro wrote in > An updated version of zsh (zsh-4.3.9-1) has been released and should be > at a mirror near you real soon. This is an upstream release. Thanks Peter. I just needed to do a rebaseall gvim /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase*.readme -- zzappe

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: sgrep 1.94a-2 -- Search indexed text regions like SGML,XML and HTML files

Hey I needed sgrep all my life, is it recent? some simple examples sgrep -i '("" .. "")' index.php sgrep -i '("fred" .. "joe")' essay.txt It gets really useful when you stream it sgrep -i '("fred" .. "joe&qu

Re: Curl is returning nothing on de-Vista-ted

k!! Have a great day!! Still hating Vista -- zzapper http://www.successtheory.com/tips/vimtips.html http://www.successtheory.com/tips/zshtips.html http://www.successtheory.com/tips/cygwintips.php (in progress) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem re

Curl is returning nothing on de-Vista-ted

Hi Curl is returning nothing on de-Vista-ted. It's ok on my XP PC Whatever I type curl just returns instantly to the prompt No error message, no help. $ cygcheck -c curl Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus curl 7.16.3-1 OK -- zz

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: pdftk-1.41.1-1 -- PDF utility

Corinna Vinschen wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Oct 29 13:09, zzapper wrote: >> "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:02b901c81990$6b6e60c0 > > Any chance you can stop quoting raw email addresses? > > http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREA

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: pdftk-1.41.1-1 -- PDF utility

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:02b901c81990$6b6e60c0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 28 October 2007 09:05, zzapper wrote: > >> Ignored by Vista (does anything work on Vista?) ie >> >> pdftk --help >> >> just returns w/o any messa

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: pdftk-1.41.1-1 -- PDF utility

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns99D6F1AFF9372zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.13: > David Rothenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:announce.4721FA64.90004 > @acm.org: Appears to work fine on XP Ignored by Vista (does anything work on Vista?) ie pdftk --help ju

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: pdftk-1.41.1-1 -- PDF utility

> * Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required) > > Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not > require Acrobat. > Cool! Thanks -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-s

RE: What I didn't know about ${PACKAGE}

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:037701c7f320$a111a660 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 08 September 2007 17:00, zzapper wrote: > >> I should have read >> >> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/${PACKAGE}-${VER}.README >> > > > That's g

What I didn't know about rebaseall

Hi Just learnt painfully that if rebaseall finds a problem with a DLL it aborts. You have to resolve the dll problem even if you aren't actually interested in that package. I should have read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.3.4-1

"Peter A. Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, zzapper wrote: > >>> An updated version of zsh (zsh-4.3.4-1) has been released and should >>> be at a mirror near you real soon. Sussed, I had a proble

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.3.4-1

C:\cygwin\bin\zsh.exe: *** fatal error - unable to remap C:\cygwin\lib\zsh\4.3.2\zsh\complete.dll to same address as parent(0x35) != 0x39 I've tried uninstall/reinstall, rebaseall, restarts etc. If anyone has no problems with 4.3.4, pls let me know -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo

Running DOS window as administrator (Vista)

Hi, Thought I'd read somewhere that there was a Control-key sequence to raise a Vista DOS window to administrator???!? Alternatively is there a cyg command to run as administrator? (sorry if this a chestnut) (I am De-Vista-ted) -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html -- Unsubs

Re: Vim copy on select doesn't run

y visual area to paste buffer :set go+=a -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html -- 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/

Re: w3m on Vista crashing (Ok on XP)

Bob Heckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > * On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:09:16AM +, zzapper wrote: >> when I try to use w3m on Vista (Ok on XP) I'm getting the dreaded "Your >> program has stopped working" screen. In fact I c

w3m on Vista crashing (Ok on XP)

Hi when I try to use w3m on Vista (Ok on XP) I'm getting the dreaded "Your program has stopped working" screen. In fact I cannot even do > w3m --version Tried Googling for any previous posts -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html -- Unsubscribe info: ht

RE: Accessing remote PC (ssh?)

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns98F49BF615AA2zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.5: > > I used http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html as FAQ > # basic steps setup a windows password (if you have none) mkpasswd -cl > /etc/passwd mkgroup --local>

RE: Accessing remote PC (ssh?)

ion! Just set it up reasonably painlessly You have to have a Windows password I used http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html as FAQ but there is also the official /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README -- zzapper http://SuccessTheory.com/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsu

Re: cygwin on Vista

llowing error >>message when opening the bash shell of the SDK: >> > However, yes, Cygwin works on Vista. If you want answers about how to > get Altera working, however, don't ask us. Ask Altera. > > cgf > Yeah Cygwin works fine on Vista, it's just Window

Re: when to use a ln or a mount

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:45F5A072.4D263AA0 @dessent.net: > zzapper wrote: > >> In my confused mind ln and mount seem to achieve the same thing. >> In my case I want to have an easy to type path(s) to my old pc >> >> so I typed:- >

RE: How to list/detect any "non-cygwin" apps in /bin

ind anything that was created by a > postinstall script as well: shortcuts in particular. (There may be > other false pos/neg-atives, I haven't been thorough...) > cheers, > DaveK DaveK Thanks I was too shy to ask for a turnkey solution! -- zzapper http://successtheory.c

Re: How to list/detect any "non-cygwin" apps in /bin

Tim Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I may not be catching your intent; why not sort by .dll dependencies? I want to find out what non-cygwin apps I will have to manually install on my new PC > why not sort by .dll dependencies How? --

How to list/detect any "non-cygwin" apps in /bin

My Cygwin installation is at least 4 years old and I will soon move to a new PC and a fresh install. How can I list/detect any "non-cygwin" apps that I may have added to /bin etc -- zzapper http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cyg

Re: Complete Vi documentation?

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns98B1B75E41678zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.5: > Steven Buroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:003b01c73276$6f116850 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Where can I find the complete vi(m) documentation? The man page >> ha

Re: Complete Vi documentation?

line options. Doing a > "set all?" lists the options but I really need a description of > each one. Thanks. > > Steve > http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net or from within vim :help set -- zzapper http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips -- Unsubscribe info

Opening a file with a Windows App which is not in Windows File Association

ick, and may be of interest to others function pse() { # name : pse # description : Open image with Adobe Photoshop elements # : (cannot use cygstart as not in Windows File Association) c:/Program\ Files/Adobe/Photoshop\ Elements\ 2/PhotoshopElements.exe $(cygpath -w $PWD/$1) & } --

Re: cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > But your problem sounds more like one of DOS type mount, or something > (bash/tcsh/etc.) mangling the file -- as in stripping \r from binary > files. Rene Please award yourself one gold star! I'd messed around with the mounts

Re: cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > zzapper wrote: > >>> I'm using the following to send attachments from the cli, works fine >>> except for word Docs etc but zip files loose a few bytes >>> >>> eg >>

Re: cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi > I'm using the following to send attachments from the cli, works fine > except for word Docs etc but zip files loose a few bytes > > eg > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 davidr None 161792 Dec 2 12:4

cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

Hi I'm using the following to send attachments from the cli, works fine except for word Docs etc but zip files loose a few bytes eg -rwxr-xr-x 1 davidr None 161792 Dec 2 12:47 ../aaa/am4mar.doc (RECEIVED) -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 davidr None 161792 Feb 14 2006 am4mar.doc (SENT) -rwxr-xr-x 1 davidr No

Re: In scripts suddenly must use perl.exe rather than perl

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns97FC5C24F2B31zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.5: > Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> c:/usr/local/bin/perl.exe > Blush red > > In c:/usr/local/bin/ I found a file nam

Re: In scripts suddenly must use perl.exe rather than perl

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > c:/usr/local/bin/perl.exe Blush red In c:/usr/local/bin/ I found a file named perl size 0 which I deleted and my "problem" was fixed. Spooky thing this file was dated June 20 2003 (thanks for nudging me in th

RE: In scripts suddenly must use perl.exe rather than perl

"David Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > zzapper wrote: >> c:/usr/local/bin/perl sdbk.pl $* (hard path to activestate perl) > > It was my experience that mixing Cygwin and ActiveState Perl was a > recipe for frustration.

Re: In scripts suddenly must use perl.exe rather than perl

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 12:23:24PM +, zzapper wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a few (ancient) shell scripts which call perl scripts (which >> perform MySql queries), since a fe

In scripts suddenly must use perl.exe rather than perl

Hi, I have a few (ancient) shell scripts which call perl scripts (which perform MySql queries), since a few days these have stopped working (may have been since recent coreutils update) c:/usr/local/bin/perl sdbk.pl $* (hard path to activestate perl) to get them working again I have to change

RE: Suggestion: add "setup.exe" version number to Cygwin home page

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:00be01c6945d$00463bb0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > pushd >/dev/null /tmp && wget 2>/dev/null `cat > /etc/setup/last-mirror`/setup.bz2 && ( bunzip2 -c setup.bz2 | grep > setup-version | cut -f2 -d' ' ) && popd >/dev/null > How this works AFAICT The meat is her

ssmtp apparently generating random email address?

I run various jobs from cron and then use :- /usr/sbin/ssmtp to mail the results back to me. Every few days I get a mail back from some distant mail server compaining the destination email address does not exist. The email address however is one I don't recognise at all, the email address has

Re: Resizing images from CLI

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns97B38CA43A097zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.5: > Reid Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:445206FF.80109 > @ateb.com: > >> zzapper wrote: > http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php > > In fact >

Re: Resizing images from CLI

Reid Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:445206FF.80109 @ateb.com: > zzapper wrote: >> From the talk NG I got this info for CLI image manipulation >> >> requires ImageMagick installed and in path >> >> # from imageMagick >> >> convert

Resizing images from CLI

>From the talk NG I got this info for CLI image manipulation requires ImageMagick installed and in path # from imageMagick convert -sample 80x40 abbeyparkarch.gif s_abbeyparkarch.gif lsimg abbeyparkarch.gif s_abbeyparkarch.gif What I'd like now is to resize an image but preserve it's aspect rat

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: apache2-2.2.0-1

> > Hi, Are people actually moving to Apache 2.x yet?, I was scared off in the early days by talk that it didn't yet support PHP etc. -- zzapper http://successtheory.com/tips/ 100 FREE Success and Self-Improvement Tips -- Un

Re: Cygwin: Where is the Help Guide

#A few more help items man intro (good starting point) man cygcheck man cygpath man cygstart http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html # System specific less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Cygwin: Where is the Help Guide

Cygwin: Where is the Help Guide Where you should start http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ (User Guide/FAQ) What's included in Cygwin eg grep,grace,guile,gvim http://cygwin.com/packages/ This (searchable) newsgroup on the web http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/ command line help > man zsh > inf

Re: The Beauty of Cygstart

Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, zzapper wrote: > >> zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Even it if's your own, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.

Re: The Beauty of Cygstart

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:Xns979065E51F443zzappergmailcom@ 80.91.229.5: Whoops forget the vital & (launch in own process) function cs() {cygstart *$1* &} function csn() {cygstart "$(/bin/ls -t *.* | head -1)" &} function csl() { cygstart.exe *

The Beauty of Cygstart

t;typing saving" function function cs() {cygstart *$1*} > cs fin As often the file I want is the most recent this function is also useful function csn() {cygstart "$(/bin/ls -t *.* | head -1)"} zzapper -- http://successtheory.com/ 100 FREE Success and Self-Improvement

Re: Wordnet : A Dictionary/Thesaurus Tool

"Dr. Volker Zell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> wn well -over > > Or use > > wnb well > > to get a Tk based browser > > Ciao > Volker wnb success Volker I like that, Thanks very much, great tool when you

Wordnet : A Dictionary/Thesaurus Tool

t.princeton.edu/perl/webwn The wiki article is also useful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordnet The simplest use AFAIK (is overview) For the word "well" > wn well -over -- zzapper Success for Techies http://SuccessTheory.com/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: WordNet-2.1

;my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it") A super tool thanks to those involved!!! -- zzapper Success for Techies http://SuccessTheory.com/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

gurl (call browser and it an URL)

if required url="http://${url}"; fi # c:/progra~1/opera75/opera.exe $url c:/Program\ Files/internet\ explorer/iexplore $url & } # I sent this before but didn't ever see it arrive? -- zzapper Success for Techies http://SuccessTheory.com/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsu

First Ever rebaseall

eeded to do a rebasell Tip You need to rebaseall from an ash shell with everything shutdown including CRON! How come I've cygwined 4 so long without needing rebaseall ??? -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh

Had to do my first rebaseall

eeded to do a rebasell Tip You need to rebaseall from an ash shell with everything shutdown including CRON! How come I've cygwined 4 so long without needing rebaseall -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#u

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: orpie 1.4.3-1

tion of your Cygwin Setup -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.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/

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:02:40 -0500, wrote: >On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:51:11PM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote: >>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows sh pr

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:28:45 -0800, wrote: >On 1/13/06, zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows App. > >The cygpath program will do the slash conversion for you: > >cdclipboard() >{ >

cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

nvert from DOS if required # set -x getclip echo '' getclip|sed 's#\\#\/#g'|putclip cd $(getclip) } I can already see a few improvements, and it would also be nice to have a check that paste buffer actually contains a path -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips

*nix fun/oddball utilities & Merry Xmas

Hi, Thanx to all those involved with Cygwin another brilliant year Some lesser known utilities to play around with after your Xmas party instead of ruining the code you've developing all year! fortune wtf imho ddate factor 32 -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips

Re: newbie question chdir

p starts here http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ You can always do say cd c:/temp I also have a mount to do cd /c/temp -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: htt

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.6-1

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:28:04 -0800 (PST), wrote: >On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, zzapper wrote: > >> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:55:51 -0800 (PST), wrote: >> >>> Fresh from the oven, an updated version of zsh (zsh-4.2.6-1) has been >>> freshly baked and should be at a mirror

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.6-1

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:40:49 -0500 (EST), wrote: >On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, zzapper wrote: Hi, >From out of no-where I am now getting the listing of the prototypes of all my >scripts when I launch a new shell and more worryingly the tab completion of file names has stopped working e

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.6-1

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:40:49 -0500 (EST), wrote: >On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, zzapper wrote: > >> As you suggested, an uninstalof zsh l followed by install cleared the >> problem. >> >> I would guess that when one runs setup.exe and the shell itself is being >> upda

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.6-1

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:28:04 -0800 (PST), wrote: >On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, zzapper wrote: > >> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:55:51 -0800 (PST), wrote: >> >>> Fresh from the oven, an updated version of zsh (zsh-4.2.6-1) has been >>> freshly baked and should be at a mirror

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.6-1

found colors: function definition file not found -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: apr(-util) 0.9.7-1

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:01:43 +, wrote: >zzapper wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:16:58 +, wrote: >> >> >>>APR and APR-util, portability and miscellaneous utility libraries, >>>have been updated in the Cygwin net distribution to version 0.9.7-1.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: apr(-util) 0.9.7-1

the Apache Portable Runtime (development/documentation package)" ldesc: "The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specific implementations. -- zzappe

Re: Winzip & Zip

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:02:12 +0800, wrote: >On 11/7/05, zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> Everyone knows the very useful Winzip, however some pretty clever >> "automatic" stuff can be done >> using CygWins zip >> >> >> # zi

Winzip & Zip

r line zip all.zip -@ < list.txt find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | zip source -@ Now you can start using the above for a regular backup if you link them to a cron -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#uns

Re: CYGWIN Intsallation-VIM

t of Cygwin, along with unix2dos etc. However when you installed with setup you may not have selected them (not sure how that could happen), rerun install and stop at the product select/deselect window If you've got broadband I'd recommend full install -- zzapper Success for Techies and

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

sjaprog='/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLyog Enterprise/sja.exe' sjascript="c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin/sql/jrayner.xml" "$sjaprog" "$sjascript" By using no backslashing at all, but surely that's what I would have tried in the first place? Drat Sorry for was

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required - jraynersqlzip (1/1)

begin 644 jraynersqlzip M(R$O8FEN+V)A<[EMAIL PROTECTED]"B,@:G)A>6YE7-Q;"!U&4@)RLE9"5B)7DG*0T*;',@+6P@)&1I6]G+W-J M82YE>&4B#0IS:F%P6]G M7"!%;G1E&4B#0IS:F%S8W)I<'0](F,Z+V-Y9W=I;B]U M6YE6YEhttp://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required - jraynersqlzip (0/1)

. >Just don't change the script itself. > >Chris see attached I don't think the app sja.exe is significant -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:02:31 +0100, wrote: >zzapper wrote: >> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:28:37 -0700, wrote: >> >> Whatever I try I get >> >> /usr/local/sbin/jraynersqlzip: line 14: /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/SQLyog\ >> Enterprise/sja.exe: No >> s

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

None 1220608 Oct 5 09:45 /cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLyog Enterprise/sja.exe Short Name method or a mount to a directory are also dandy -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

n from the console if you start it using the standard >path? #yes# > >Chris Will have a go at the 'Program\\ Files' method -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem re

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:26:50 -0700, wrote: >zzapper wrote: > >Sometimes it can be hard, especially when you are dealing with both >Cygwin and non-Cygwin programs, because the quoting rules differ. But >it is always possible, and I can't believe that there exists a situ

Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required

ead you, I think my problem was more that when theres an interaction between *nix scripts & environment. Sometimes even quoting doesn't seem to carry the correct path info thru to the final WinApp , so you have to move the app to non-space path location or use the short name above. --

When are Windows Short Path Names required

Hi $ cygpath -d c:/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer c:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1 I've just had another case where the I had to use the short form, is the short form the "real name"? -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe

Running Win32 apps in program files from a script

Hi What ever I did, my script/app got upset by the spaces in path 'program files' etc I ended up using a mount c:\program files\SQLyog Enterprise on /sqlyog type system (binmode) Then could use /sqlyog/sja.exe That works just fine. Was that the best way? -- zzapper Success f

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: whois-4.7.8-1

you can use the following >command: >% cygcheck -c whois >Cygwin Package Information >Package VersionStatus >whois4.7.8-1OK > FYI I have cygcheck -c whois Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus whois

Re: rm problem: Directory not empty

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:03:30 +0100, wrote: Off-thread? Deleting undeletable Nul files There is a form of MSDOS DEL where you must enter the full path DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul or use delinvfile.exe (google for this utility) -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http

Just size of directory & any contents

Hi, I was still using WinEXP for this until recently # just display total size of current directory & contents in human readable du -sh . # same thing but exclude pdfs du -sh somedir --exclude '*.pdf' Any more tricks? -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://Suc

Re: xargs still nok?

does the same thing as basic xargs, and >with one less process, so it is even faster than piping find to xargs. Ah twigged, the + says batch So really it's Argh no more Xargs !! -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwi

Re: xargs still nok?

s inherently on a per file basis so does not require xargs but with a speed penalty for a large number of files -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cyg

Re: xargs still nok?

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:01:31 +0200, wrote: >Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>On Sep 8 10:26, zzapper wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>GNU xargs version 4.2.25 >>> >>>or more likely am I misusing xargs? >>> >>>$ ls

xargs still nok?

Hi, GNU xargs version 4.2.25 or more likely am I misusing xargs? $ ls *.cfm */*.cfm */*/*.cfm */*/*/*.cfm | xargs grep -i host bash: /usr/bin/ls: Argument list too long -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

Re: Synchronizing Windows & Cygwin Paths

nding file, which is in >> Program Files somewhere)? > Cygstart is a wonderful tool for launching Windows Apps from CYG man cygstart There's also cygpath You can also do some clever stuff with mount, ln etc For good Measure putclip, getclip (copy paste) -- zzapper vim -c "

Re: egrep disappeared?

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:37:19 +0100, wrote: >zzapper wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:17:02 +0100, wrote: >> >> >> >>>>Funny thing "which" finds egrep in /usr/bin /bin etc >>>>they are also in my path. >>>> >

Re: egrep disappeared?

n/sh and all should be well. > >-- Cliff Cliff, thnx that solved it!! Was it most likely just a glitch on my update? -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsubscribe info

Re: egrep disappeared?

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:53:43 -0700, wrote: >zzapper wrote: > >> Since last downloads (basefiles?) egrep has disappeared. >> egrep is just an alias or link to grep.exe of course. >> >> I have added my own alias as a work around. > >Looks fine to me: <htt

Re: mirror site

pliment to David. >It saved me the need to make the same point. :-) Increasingly we skim read on the Internet, the last sentence of the above page is a good example of how an important piece of info is "skim-hidden", ideally would be a separate paragraph -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcb

egrep disappeared?

Hi, Since last downloads (basefiles?) egrep has disappeared. egrep is just an alias or link to grep.exe of course. I have added my own alias as a work around. -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh

Re: launch windows program from shell according to its extension

() { >> XPATH="$(cygpath -w "${PWD}")" >> explorer $XPATH >> } > >You could've used "$(cygpath -aw .)". And you need to quote $XPATH (i.e., >use 'explorer "$XPATH"'), for the same reasons (space

Re: launch windows program from shell according to its extension

cent file #!/bin/bash # csn # description : launch most recent file (head) # set -x cygstart $(l\s -t * | head -1) & Jump back into explorer in CURRENT directory wexp () { XPATH="$(cygpath -w "${PWD}")" explorer $XPATH } man cygstart man cygpath -- zzapper

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: sharutils-4.3.80-1

ay compress files, uuencode binary files, split long files and construct multi-part mailings, ensure correct unsharing order, and provide simplistic checksums. http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/sharutils.html SHAR SHell ARchiver -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|

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