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 Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:51:55 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: Re: 1.1.8: "cat > /dev/null" bombs out Message-ID: <20010331125155.C2693@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from slower@start.com.au on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:58:03AM +0000 On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:58:03AM +0000, slower slowest wrote: >I type "cat > /dev/null" and I get "Invalid Request Code" (bash) or >"cannot create /dev/null: error 54" (sh). > >I type "cat >> /dev/null" and no problems. > >It wouldn't bother me except it completely screws up the if statements >in configure scripts because they detect a failure when there isn't >really one. > >I also got the same thing with previous cygwin1.dll versions. > >Sounds like a bug to me. It sure does. I wonder what's wrong with your system. Obviously this isn't a generic bug because a lot of people are running configure scripts. You probably want to check out the "Bug reporting" link on the cygwin web site: http://cygwin.com/ . cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple