[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.4.0-1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of findutils, 4.4.0-1, is available for use, leaving 4.3.13-1 as the previous version. NEWS: = This is a new stable upstream release. Cygwin was previously using the beta 4.3 series instead of the stable 4.2 series, and not much ch

drag and drop folder from Explorer to cygwin

Hello, I've seen hints of this on the web, but no full explanation. I'd like to drag a folder from Windows Explorer (XP) and drop it on the cygwin desktop shortcut, causing a cygwin (bash) shell to open in the folder directory. This seems to work fine on one of my XP/cygwin computers. On two ot

Re: Windows ClearCase [Was: Cygwin Visuals]

On 2008-03-28, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Gary Johnson wrote: >> Are you using ClearCase on Windows, or just ClearCase on Unix? We use both >> at work. I found that I couldn't execute "cleartool edcs" in rxvt because >> cleartool apparently requires a Windows Console. The editor (vim) ran >> fine,

lost SIGTERM signal handler and winpcap....

Hi (I've posted this question on the winpcap mailing list but didn't get a response - just thought I'd check here too) I'm using Winpcap 4.0.2 in a cygwin application for local packet capture. My application registers a SIG_TERM signal handler. But once i call pcap_next_ex(), my signal h

Re: Cygwin is saving my ass

Without cygwin, i wouldnt have my directory sorting algorithm running on windows. DOS has no way of (easily) sorting files into c:\{YEAR}\{MONTH}\{MIMETYPE}\ (where Year Month and Mimetype are the year month and mimetype of the file in a list of oh say 3 files.) i _could_ impliment this in

Re: Windows ClearCase [Was: Cygwin Visuals]

Gary Johnson wrote: Are you using ClearCase on Windows, or just ClearCase on Unix? We use both at work. I found that I couldn't execute "cleartool edcs" in rxvt because cleartool apparently requires a Windows Console. The editor (vim) ran fine, but the screen filled with a bunch of garbage when

RE: How do I run sshd as a particular user?

Alfred von Campe wrote on 28 March 2008 12:30: > I have tried various ways to get the sshd service started as a domain > user (instead of the default local user "sshd_server") and can not > get it to work. What is the correct syntax to specify a domain user > with cygrunsrv? This is what I have

Re: How do I run sshd as a particular user?

Alfred von Campe wrote: [I'm reposting this with a couple of corrections/clarifications and also to raise its visibility since I didn't get any responses last time :-)] It's been a month since Larry Hall replied to my last post on this topic (thanks, BTW), and this issue has bubbled up to the

Re: How do I run sshd as a particular user?

[I'm reposting this with a couple of corrections/clarifications and also to raise its visibility since I didn't get any responses last time :-)] It's been a month since Larry Hall replied to my last post on this topic (thanks, BTW), and this issue has bubbled up to the top again. I have

Windows ClearCase [Was: Cygwin Visuals]

On 2008-03-27, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > I have a set of rc files that I use on HP-UX, Solaris, FreeBDS, > Linux and Cygwin. All of them give me a consistent environment > (involved environment too with many aliases/functions for things > like IBM/Rational's Clearcase and Multisite). > > And rxv