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 From: "Edward W. Rouse" To: "'Cygwin List'" Subject: RE: simple newbie init question Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:15:26 -0500 Message-ID: <003601c3e052$ed3501c0$353d520a@EROUSE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <003301c3e04b$a1e2f300$353d520a@EROUSE> X-IsSubscribed: yes Found inetd. I must remember to put the * at the end just in case the call ends with a .exe. I am reading up on inetd, but am guessing that I will need to start it from .bash_login after I have the conf file set up. Ed. > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf > Of Edward W. Rouse > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:23 PM > To: 'Cygwin List' > Subject: RE: simple newbie init question > > I do have inetutils installed but I can't find inetd except in the > /lib/perl5/5.8.2/Net/demos/ directory. The relevant portion of cygcheck > is shown. > indent 2.2.8-1 > inetutils 1.3.2-25 > initscripts 0.9-1 > > Should I reinstall it? On a side note, I installed the KDE 3.1 packages > and got those running fine. I was using xinetd but it was too slow and I > really don't need the graphical interface. Also, the format of xinetd > didn't look like what I am used to using from my experiences with SuSE. > I am willing to learn a new format if I have to, but want to make sure I > am in the right place before I start. > Ed. > > Oh, and I probably haven't thanked you yet for all of the suggestions. > Thanks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Hall [mailto:cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:04 PM > > To: Edward W. Rouse; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > Subject: RE: simple newbie init question > > > > Ah, so you do want init services. Install the 'inetutils' package and > > read up on inetd. > > > > Larry > > > > > > At 12:29 PM 1/21/2004, Edward W. Rouse you wrote: > > >Thanks, I found the doc page for .bashrc and .profile. And I got > > >postgres starting fine. But I need to start pserver for use with cvs. > > >Can I do this with the cygwin bash shell or some other way? I read > the > > >apache/cygwin page on starting httpd. Is their something similar for > the > > >cvs pserver? > > > > > >In other words, where does the line 'cvspserver stream tcp nowait > root > > >/usr/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver' go? > > > > > >Ed. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On > > >Behalf > > >> Of Dave Korn > > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:20 PM > > >> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > >> Subject: RE: simple newbie init question > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Edward W. Rouse > > >> > > >> > I have installed Cygwin 1.5.5 on a Win2000 box. I included > > >> > all of the packages, just to be safe. But I can't figure out > > >> > where to add services to the init process. cygwin.bat starts > > >> > the bash shell fine and I have set the PATH and some variables > > >there. > > >> > > >> There is no init process under cygwin. > > >> > > >> > I want to start PostgreSQL and cvs only when I have the > > >> > Cygwin session window open. > > >> > > >> That'll *really* slow down opening the cygwin bash shell if it > has > > >to > > >> start up a couple of heavy-duty servers every time, but it's your > > >choice. > > >> > > >> > Where do I put the commands? > > >> > > >> ~/.bashrc > > >> That is to say, the .bashrc in your $HOME directory. > > >> > > >> > I have created a script to start and stop these services from > > >> > the command line, but would really like to automate the process. > > >> > > >> See also > > >> > > > >http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.4.1.READM > E > > >> which details how you could get the cygwin version of postgresql up > > >and > > >> running as a system service. I haven't tried that myself so I > can't > > >vouch > > >> for it personally but it looks like it ought to work to me.... > > >> > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> DaveK > > >> -- > > >> Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/