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 From: "Allan Clearwaters" To: "Larry Hall \(RFK Partners, Inc\)" Cc: Subject: RE: Telnet and the net command Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:52:36 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20001218174306.02167538@pop.ma.ultranet.com> The problem is not related to the CYGWIN variable but rather to subprocesses. It appears that (from a telnet login) if you launch a task under NT (for instance a java application) then its output disappears down a black hole. I assume this is what I saw with the net command. Is there any way to solve this? Thanx, Allan -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com] Sent: 18 December 2000 22:44 To: Allan Clearwaters Subject: RE: Telnet and the net command No, I have never tried to telnet to my machine. TERM=cygwin for me as well, which is the default. Larry At 05:41 PM 12/18/2000, you wrote: >Larry, > >Do you have this working? What is your TERM variable set to? Mine comes up >as TERM='cygwin'. > >Thanx, >Al > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com] >Sent: 18 December 2000 21:36 >To: Allan Clearwaters >Subject: RE: Telnet and the net command > > >No. Setting "tty" in the CYGWIN environment variable can cause problems >when running non-Cygwin programs because of the different way stdin/stdout/ >stderr are handled. This is why setting "tty" is not the default. If you >don't have "tty" set, then this can't be causing you any trouble. My >guess is that you have a terminal problem but that's a guess completely >out of the blue. > >Good luck, > >Larry > > >At 04:31 PM 12/18/2000, Allan Clearwaters wrote: > >Larry, > > > >Thanks for the hint but tty is not set; in fact, CYGWIN is not set. Could > >this be a problem? > > > >Thanx, > >Al > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com] > >Sent: 18 December 2000 20:14 > >To: Allan Clearwaters; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > >Subject: Re: Telnet and the net command > > > > > >At 03:05 PM 12/18/2000, Allan Clearwaters wrote: > > >If a run a normal bash window under WinNT/2000, the net command behaves >as > > >expected. If I attach via telnet the command runs but produces no >output. > > >Any idea why? Since I would like to use the telnet connection to control >a > > >remote machine this is a bit of a pain. > > > > > >Thanx, > > >Allan Clearwaters > > > > > >If "tty" is set in your CYGWIN environment variable, try unsetting it, > >exiting all Cygwin programs (including any services) or reboot to be sure, > >and try again. > > > > > > > >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > >118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple