From: sam@campbellsci.co.uk (Samuel James Liddicott) Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness 2 Feb 1998 14:50:24 -0800 Message-ID: <021e01bd2fe4$4602f5d0$2a0110ac.cygnus.gnu-win32@sam.ethernet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: vischne@ibm.net, gnu-win32@cygnus.com -----Original Message----- From: vischne@ibm.net To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Date: 01 February 1998 04:04 Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness >I've been complaining about copy and paste operations into cygwin text >windows, but now I know the truth: It's a Microsoft problem, not a >cygnus problem. If you don't believe me, try to paste something into >the Dos text window of the ftp.exe that comes with Windows 95. It doesn't >work. (Like, copy a file name and paste the file name into a `get ' >command.) Have you tried getting a true dos prompt, and running bash from there? Maybe it needs to talk to command.com.... Sam Liddicott | Nothing I say is to be attributed as | Campbell Scientific Ltd. | a company statement or representation. | Campbell Park, 80 Hathern Road, *----------------------------------------+ Shepshed, Leic. United Kingdom. LE12 9AL Phone: +44 (0) 1509 601141 Email: sam@campbellsci.co.uk Fax: +44 (0) 1509 601091 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".