Re: update batch file

2018-04-30 Thread Dave Caswell
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 2:33 AM, Vlado <...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30.4.2018 3:57, Dave Caswell wrote: >> >> Has anyone created a batch file that stops the cygwin services, runs >> setup to get updates in the background, and then restarts the >> services?? >

update batch file

2018-04-29 Thread Dave Caswell
Has anyone created a batch file that stops the cygwin services, runs setup to get updates in the background, and then restarts the services?? Doing it manually, I occasionally forget to restart the services and things stop working until I remember to start them up again. Thanks -- Problem

Re: Bug in Python3 ('tempfile', 'subprocess', '_hashlib')

2018-04-05 Thread Dave Caswell
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 7:14 PM, Giuseppe Scelsi wrote: > Hi, > > Using freshly-updated Cygwin 64-bit under Windows 7 Enterprise Ver 6.1 > and Python 3 version 3.6.4. > > The execution of the following script: > > import subprocess > import _hashlib > import

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-26 Thread Dave Caswell
> and for some reason any spaces must be quoted - not escaped - these work: > >cygstart bash -c '"echo 1;read"' >cygstart bash -c "'echo 1;read'" > > these fail: > >cygstart bash -c 'echo\ 1;read' >cygstart bash -c "echo\ 1;read" The '-v' option to cygstart gives the key to

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Dave Caswell
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > > yes, that is good if you want to use a script - but a command does not work: > >cygstart bash -c 'echo hello; sleep 5' > Ah, OK. Here you go: davec@SodiumWin ~ $ cygstart /usr/bin/bash '-c "echo hello; sleep 5"' I

Re: Run command in new window

2017-12-24 Thread Dave Caswell
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 06:28:50, Andrey Repin wrote: >> >> The usual way - prevent the closing of the new window. >> I.e. by adding a sleep. > > > no, that doesnt work > > have you tried it? > > if so provide sample command

Re: setup release candidate - please test

2017-05-08 Thread Dave Caswell via cygwin
Execution blocked by Windows 10 anti-virus.(Microsoft Security Essentials.) On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:10 AM, Dave Caswell <dave.casw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Execution blocked by Windows 10 anti-virus.(Microsoft Security > Essentials.) > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:06 AM, J

Python 3.5.2

2016-10-09 Thread Dave Caswell
Does anyone know when we can expect python3 to be upgraded to 3.5?? -- 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

Re: Permission Problems

2016-04-25 Thread Dave Caswell
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:09 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25/04/2016 02:29, Dave Caswell wrote: >> >> This is a followup to: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-03/msg00345.html >> >> To recap, making three nested directories on a non-

Re: Permission Problems

2016-04-25 Thread Dave Caswell
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tmaccha...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote: >> From: Dave Caswell >> To: cygwin >> Cc: >> Date: 2016/4/25, Mon 09:29 >> Subject: Permission Problems >> >>T his is a followup to: https://cygwin.co

Permission Problems

2016-04-24 Thread Dave Caswell
This is a followup to: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-03/msg00345.html To recap, making three nested directories on a non-C drive produces a third level which is unusable. davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ rm -rf g1 davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ mkdir g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3 davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ ls

Bug report, but already fixed in TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.7

2016-03-19 Thread Dave Caswell
I delete all cygwin directories and do a Fresh minimal install of cygwin (2.4.1-1) on a windows 7 ultimate 64 bit box davec@MERCURYWIN ~ $ cd python davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ rm -rf g1 davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ mkdir g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3 davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python $ ls -la g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3