Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/06/20/07:55:39
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jun 19 22:10, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Julian Neil wrote:
>>> Under Windows Server 2003, ssh appends CR to some command outputs (eg
>>> when I execute hostname). This is causing some of my scripts to fail. I
>>> have tried fiddling with the CYGWIN environment variable, but it doesn't
>>> seem to help.
>>> Attached are some simple test cases and cygcheck output.
>>> Any suggestions?
>> Yes. First, send problem reports to the Cygwin list. The Cygwin apps list
>> is for packaging issues and 'setup.exe' discussions/issues. Please respect
>> the Reply-To I've set and remove cygwin-apps from the recipient list if you
>> intend to follow-up on this thread.
>>
>> Second, install the 'coreutils' package. You're calling the Windows
>> 'hostname' executable. You need the Cygwin one.
>
> This is probably a problem with $PATH when not running an interactive
> shell, like this:
>
> $ echo $PATH
> /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/bin
> $ type hostname
> hostname is /usr/bin/hostname
>
> $ ssh localhost 'echo $PATH'
> /usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/bin
> $ ssh localhost type hostname
> hostname is /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/hostname
Yep. My eyes were playing tricks on me. I would have sworn that the
cygcheck output was missing the 'coreutils' package, which would also
cause such a problem. But looking again, the package is there so this
has to be a path issue, as you noted.
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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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