From:	sam AT campbellsci DOT co DOT uk (Samuel James Liddicott)
Subject:	Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
2 Feb 1998 14:50:24 -0800 :
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To:	vischne AT ibm DOT net, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

-----Original Message-----
From: vischne AT ibm DOT net <vischne AT ibm DOT net>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: 01 February 1998 04:04
Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness


>I've been complaining about copy and paste operations into cygwin text
>windows, but now I know the truth:  It's a Microsoft problem, not a
>cygnus problem.  If you don't believe me, try to paste something into
>the Dos text window of the ftp.exe that comes with Windows 95. It doesn't
>work.  (Like, copy a file name and paste the file name into a `get '
>command.)

Have you tried getting a true dos prompt, and running bash from there?
Maybe it needs to talk to command.com....

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Campbell Scientific Ltd.        | a company statement or representation. |
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