Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/23/19:34:43
Michael,
This does not address your specific problem, which is reported here often...
However, what I do when this sort of symptom occurs is to start a CMD.exe
console window and run the failing program from there. That way I can
examine any diagnostics produced at my leisure, rather than having to try
to catch a glimpse them in the small fraction of a second during which the
console window is remains visible.
Eventually, I always recommend that people skip over the BAT file for
launching Cygwin by: a) setting up relevant environment variables on a
system-wide basis and b) creating a shortcut that directly launches your
preferred shell or that shell within a RXVT window.
Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA
At 23:16 2002-10-23, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
>I asked my client to install Cygwin so he could use some of the tools in
>testing the software I'm writing for him. Unfortunately, he knows almost
>nothing about Unix, so I'm going to have to walk him through anything he
>needs to do.
>
>He thinks he got it installed properly, but when he clicks the icon the
>installer put on his desktop, the shell window appears briefly and then
>immediately disappears.
>
>Any idea what's going on? What questions should I ask him?
>
>He installed the software yesterday, so it's current. I think he's using
>Windows 2000 but I'm not completely sure until I ask him.
>
>Mike
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