Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20001018130952.24124.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:09:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: [cgf: Re: rxvt SEGV (Win98, 1.1.5s/2000-10-08)] To: Jonathan Kamens , cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Jonathan Kamens wrote: Hi Jonathan, My comments probably won't help your situation but I've found a gotcha in your environment that not many are aware of. -8<- > > Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics > Current System Time: Tue Oct 17 16:37:24 2000 > > WinNT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 6 > > Path: /usr/bin > /c/Perl/bin > /c/WINNT/system32 > /c/WINNT > /c/win32app/installshield/Program > /c/NTReskit > > SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 > WinDir: C:\WINNT > > CYGWIN = `binmode tty nontsec error_start=c:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe' > HOME = `/cygdrive/m' > I notice that your HOME variable is using the pseudo mount point /cygdrive. -8<- > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 > (default) = `/cygdrive' > cygdrive flags = 0x00000020 I notice that your /cygdrive variable is set to process in text mode (DOS sytle) line endings. -8<- > > c:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binmode > c:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binmode > c:\cygwin / system binmode > c: /c system binmode > p: /projects system binmode > s: /software system binmode > u: /u system binmode > I notice that all of your other mounts are in binary mode (UNIX sytle) line endings. -8<- The problem is that if you process files in and out of your home directory they will have \r\n line endings while all of the other devices have \n line endings. I assume from the fact that you have all mount points in binary mode that you really want to process all files in binary mode. To change the /cygdrive pseudo mount point to binary mode do `mount -s -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive'. HTH, ===== Earnie Boyd mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com --- --- --- Cygwin: POSIX on Windows --- --- Minimalist GNU for Windows --- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com