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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Commands just hang
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On Feb  3 13:30, Alan Bowler wrote:
> Alan Bowler wrote:
> 
> >
> >If I am in kermit and at the command prompt and I try
> >to run some regular Cygwin command with an "!" like
> >"date", all works fine.  However, if I then telnet to
> >a remote system, escape back to Kermit's command mode
> >and type "!date" it just hangs.  This used to work.
> 
> Well I did some more testing, and our private version of
> kermit has nothing to do with the problem.  The same thing
> occurs with telnet and echo
> 
> -------------------------Bash Window 2 ---------------------------
> oliver[500]$ telnet
> + telnet
> telnet> !/bin/echo this will work fine
> this will work fine
> telnet> open mailhost.thinkage.ca
> Trying 192.102.11.46...
> Connected to mailhost.thinkage.ca.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
> Kernel 2.4.18-5-2003-05-15 on an i686
> login: atbowler
> Password:
> Last login: Fri Feb  3 13:22:20 from oliver.thoughts.thinkage.ca
> You have mail.
> (wd:  /u/atbowler)
> atbowler AT mailhost[1]% echo about to ^] to telnet command level
> about to ^] to telnet command level
> (wd:  /u/atbowler)
> atbowler AT mailhost[2]%
> telnet> !/bin/echo this will hang
> 

http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJFFM

No hang here.


Corinna

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