Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:49:32 -0500 From: Ajay Simha To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: Ajay Simha Subject: Re: cygstart, mutt or mailcap? Message-ID: <20030223044932.GA504@cisco.com> References: <20030221145216 DOT GL1736 AT cisco DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i On Fri Feb 21 10:09:23 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Ajay Simha wrote: > > > On Fri Feb 21 09:33:58 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Ajay Simha wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > This is what my .mailcap looks like: > > > > > > > > =========================================== > > > > text/html; lynx -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=3D%s.html > > > > Application/MSWORD; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > Application/VND.MS-EXCEL; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > Application/PDF; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > Application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > Application/MSEXCEL; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > Application/octet-stream; cygstart %s; copiousoutput; > > > > =========================================== > > > > > > > > I'm using mutt 1.4i. When I try to view a word doc it lauches fine but > > > > in the middle of doing other things like reading email or doing > > > > something else my word doc seems to get corrupted. > > > > > > > > However I don't see this problem if I save the file and *then* run > > > > cygstart or directly open it in word. > > > > > > > > BTW here is where the tmp file is created: > > > > > > > > [asimha AT asimha-w2k02 ~]$ ls -lt /tmp > > > > ls: /tmp/mutt-asimha-w2k02-1736-194: No such file or directory > > > > ls: /tmp/mutt-asimha-w2k02-1736-33: No such file or directory > > > > total 4550 > > > > -rw------- 1 asimha None 483328 Feb 21 02:41 Dell-lab-summary.001736.doc > > > > -rwxrwxrwx 1 asimha ???????? 162 Feb 21 02:41 ~$ll-lab-summary.001736.doc > > > > drwxrwxrwx+ 12 asimha None 8192 Feb 21 02:22 aspell-0.50.3 > > > > -rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ None 3962880 Feb 21 02:18 aspell-0.50.3.tar > > > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 asimha None 187 Feb 21 01:47 lpr.log > > > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 asimha None 201918 Feb 21 00:39 XWinrl.log > > > > [asimha AT asimha-w2k02 ~]$ > > > > > > > > Any clues here? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -ajay > > > > > > Ajay, > > > > > > Two WAGs: > > > 1) Is your /tmp mount binary or text? If text, try remounting as binary. > > > Also see if adding "binmode" to your $CYGWIN helps. > > > 2) This one's really wild, but I know Windews has this stupid dependence > > > on the name of the file. Try using the nametemplate trick ("%s.doc", or > > > something), and see if it helps. > > > Igor > > > > Hey thanks for the quick reply. > > > > Regarding 2) it *is* a .doc if not the default windows handler would not > > work for it. > > Umm, yes, I'm slow today. However, the '????????' in your ls output > indicates that your /etc/{passwd,group} aren't up to date. See > for > details. Probably unrelated, but something to fix anyway. > > > Regarding 1) : > > [asimha AT asimha-w2k02 /etc]$ mount > > D:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type system (binmode) > > D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (binmode) > > D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (binmode) > > D:\cygwin on / type user (binmode) > > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) > > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount) > > z: on /cygdrive/z type user (binmode,noumount) > > [asimha AT asimha-w2k02 /etc]$ df -k > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > D:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts > > 5496088 2290917 3205171 42% /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > > D:\cygwin\bin 5496088 2290917 3205171 42% /usr/bin > > D:\cygwin\lib 5496088 2290917 3205171 42% /usr/lib > > D:\cygwin 5496088 2290917 3205171 42% / > > c: 6289888 2666732 3623156 43% /cygdrive/c > > d: 5496088 2290917 3205171 42% /cygdrive/d > > z: 555604 555604 0 100% /cygdrive/z > > Looks fine (/tmp will be under the "/" mount). > > > is there a way to mount d:\cygwin\tmp as it's own file system > > Yes. "man mount". > > > or simply make cygwin use my desktop as tmp? > > Ugh, you don't want to do that. For one, anytime you run "configure" > you'd get a lot of directories on your desktop. Unless you actually > *like* a cluttered desktop... ];-> > You could mount your Windows profile's Temp directory as /tmp, though... > Make that one a user mount, though. I tried everything now it may have something to do with starting it dirctly from a view command within mutt. If I save it and then start it either through windows or cygstart command it does not have any corruption. Also I could not figure out what exactly is causing: > > > > -rwxrwxrwx 1 asimha ???????? 162 Feb 21 02:41 ~$ll-lab-summary.001736.doc the ??????? is it a group not found in my /etc/group? SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: None:S-1-5-21-1458511060-810114045-807829424-513:513: Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544: Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551: Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546: Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547: Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552: Users:S-1-5-32-545:545: Debugger Users:S-1-5-21-1458511060-810114045-807829424-1009:1009: I wonder what group word is running as when it creates this tmp file? -ajay > > > Thanks, > > -ajay > > Hope this helps, > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really *big* RAMdisk! > -- /usr/games/fortune > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/