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From: swamp-dog AT ntlworld DOT com (Guy Harrison)
To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: cygqrysrv
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:34:27 GMT
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 22:06:37 +0100, Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:26:42PM -0800, Katherina O'Connor wrote:
>> > Usage: cygqrysrv
>> 
>> >Cool, afaik there is nothing like this included with >windows or the resource kit.
>> 
>> ... apropos sc.exe (NT4 resource kit/1996) ?
>
>Yeah but sc (it's now shipped with XP, btw) has a disadvantage.
>It doesn't play nicely with CYGWIN=tty mode. That is a problem
>when connecting to a NT box with ssh for example.  So it would
>be nice to have a Cygwin native tool which handles all the
>service related stuff as sc does.

I've reworked the design slightly so that theoretically it could support
other operations than "query". Admittedly I have so far been thinking of
it as a companion to cygrunsrv but it's early days and the design can
easily be changed.

I wasn't sure there'd by any interest at all so I think what I need to
do now is compose a more detailed email. ;-)


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