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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:41:46 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Running ssh in background [solution/patch]
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On Oct 26 12:04, J?rg Schaible wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:57 AM:
> > On Oct 26 11:40, J?rg Schaible wrote:
> >> 2/ If linking a normal console app as Windows console app does not
> >> behave differently, why is it not the default? What's the real
> >> difference for Cygwin? It is still a Cygwin app and is normally
> >> listed in the Cygwin processes. I cannot say too much about the pipe
> >> and forking stuff, but something like "tar cf - *.sh | sshw spk1 tar
> >> xf -" works just normal.
> > 
> > Just open a console window and call "ssh".  What you see is
> > the help text.  Now try the same with "sshw".  What do you
> > see?  The difference is that the sshw process doesn't connect
> > to the console.  That's nothing I'd want in the Cygwin distro.
> 
> OK. Works in rxvt, but not in a plain Windows console.
> 
> > It seems easy enough to build ssh this way if that's what you need.
> 
> For personal need yes, for distribution in an organisation, this is
> different. Maybe more complaining users might change your mind some
> day ;-)

Well, that's a different story.  I'm sure you'll find our office in
Munich will gladly discuss about commercial support contracts for this
kind of stuff. ;-)


Corinna

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