X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <473B7ECE.3080005@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:03:42 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Reliable old script loses data on new Cygwin installation References: <20071111173033 DOT GA2360 AT sub-tombaker> <20071112090628 DOT GA3792 AT sub-tombaker> <20071113165901 DOT GA2096 AT sub-tombaker> <20071114072231 DOT GB252 AT sub-tombaker> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Lewis Hyatt wrote: >> These machines have an anti-virus program, but the same one I have >> been using for the past two or three years. The filenames either have >> no extension, or ".txt". > > That's most likely the problem anyway, what happens if you turn it off? This is possible, particularly if the AV program has been updated. If so, turning it off is typically not enough to avoid the problems introduced by it though. You may need to uninstall it (and reboot) to completely rule it out. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/