Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/02/20/15:21:21
Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2007-02-20, Chuck wrote:
>> Folks I could really use some help here. I still cannot get the ls
>> command to work reliably. It worked for years and about two weeks ago
>> started sputtering. I have completely unstalled all cygwin packages,
>> deleted the directories, and reinstalled from scratch. Even just
>> installing the bare mimimum packages and running a bash shell without X
>> or even a .profile, ls still fails to output anything 50% of the time.
>
> At this point, I'd be inclined to get the source for ls, build a
> version with debugging enabled, and use gdb. I've never used gdb
> under Cygwin, so there may be some reason it isn't as useful under
> Cygwin as it is under, say, Linux. In that case, you could add a
> few printfs to see what's happening.
>
There's no great difference between gdb on Cygwin vs Linux.
Doing some debugging locally is by far the best way to gain some insight
as to what's going on. Good advice.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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