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Hi,
 
I am using Cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-5.2-WOW64 1.7.11(0.260/5/3) 2012-02-24 14:05 i686 Cygwin) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 X64 Service Pack 2 .
 
When I invoke C:/cygwin/bin/sh.exe from the command prompt it fails intermittently with the following error.
 
$ C:/cygwin/bin/sh.exe -c 'date'
29196764 [main] sh 3588 fork: child -1 - forked process died unexpectedly, retry
 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
30198805 [main] sh 3588 fork: child -1 - forked process died unexpectedly, retry
 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
32199231 [main] sh 3588 fork: child -1 - forked process died unexpectedly, retry
 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
36199854 [main] sh 3588 fork: child -1 - forked process died unexpectedly, retry
 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
 
What are the possible causes for this error. Would reinstalling cygwin help ?
 
thanks,
Prakash

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