X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 08:06:23 -0400 From: Jason Tishler Subject: Re: [Ping Python maintainer]: enhancement request In-reply-to: To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-followup-to: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-id: <20070501120623.GA3824@tishler.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:58:57PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > I just found out that in the standard Cygwin Python setup it is not > possible to run the Python interpreter from a Win32 command shell. > (You get an error about the NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS machine even when C: > \cygwin\bin is in the path). The following works: C:\>bash -c python Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Mar 13 2007, 08:13:14) ... > The reason is that python.exe is a symbolic link to python2.5.exe. As > the Python interpreter itself is only about 43 Kb in size I suggest > copying the interpreter instead of symlinking (Zsh for instance does > the same). OK. Should I copy or make a hard link? Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/