Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/08/14/19:12:57
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com wrote:
> Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow.
> >As to ... I fail to see why it shouldn't use cygwin...
> I didn't mean to say the application COULDN'T run under cygwin. Its
> logistics and politics. I don't have rights on that NT server to
> install any new software - including cygwin. Cygwin is on my own
> desktop, but the servers I can't touch.
Wait, I thought you said that you were going to compile the application...
If so, you'll need to install it on the servers anyway. Just make sure
you copy cygwin1.dll along with it...
Igor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:14 PM
> To: Bruce.A.Petro
> Cc: pechtcha; cygwin
> Subject: Re: OK, I'm a newbie in CYGWIN... How to do title?
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com wrote:
>
> > I promise, I checked the archives and docs and don't see anything on
> > this...
> >
> > Can someone share how I perform the equivalent of the NT 'title'
> > command on a CYGWIN window?? I've got 4-6 CYGWIN windows open - each
> > tailing a certain log file. Only problem is its not obvious which
> > window is which log file! What I need is to do something like:
> > $title "Logfile1"
> > tail -f logfile1.log
> >
> > Hey, while I've got your attention - one more question. Does anyone
> > know where I can download (or compile) a version of sendtcp to run
> > under NT (Sorry, can't run under CYGWIN, must run under NT scripts).
> >
> > THANKS!
> > Bruce.
>
> Check the value of PS1 in the default /etc/profile -- it sets the title.
> I use the same principle in this handy function
>
> function settitle() { echo -n "^[]2;$@^G^[]1;$@^G"; }
>
> in my .bashrc, and use that when I need to dynamically change the title.
> The ^[ is actually the ESC character (\033), and the ^G is the BEL
> character (\007).
>
> As for whatever application you need to run under NT, I fail to see why
> it
> shouldn't use cygwin... As long as cygwin1.dll is in the path, you can
> call the app from NT scripts all you want. You can also use something
> akin to 'cygpath -u' if you want your app to recognize windows file and
> path names.
> Igor
>
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