X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:45:02 +0100 From: Thomas Baker To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Reliable old script... - seems to be an AVS program Message-ID: <20071116094502.GA2172@sub-tombaker> 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> <473B7ECE DOT 3080005 AT cygwin DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <473B7ECE.3080005@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 06:03:42PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) 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. I uninstalled Anti-Vir [1], and the script has run hundreds of times on several different data sources with no errors yet, so this may indeed be the problem! One way for me to confirm that the problem is _not_ the kernel would be to update Cygwin on my laptop, which currently uses CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 However, the laptop is currently my only reliably functioning machine, so I'm deeply reluctant to do so unless I have an easy and reliable way to go back to the kernel 1.5.22 if a problem occurs. Question: Is the kernel itself part of one of the packages installed by setup.exe, and is it possible to use setup.exe to go back to a previous kernel (i.e., to 1.5.22) after one has updated to the most recent version? I see there was a thread last month about AVS programs [2] but see no clear recommendations except one for Anti-Vir [3] -- the problem that is causing me problems now! -- and one recommendation for AVG [4,5]. Tom [1] http://www.free-av.com/ [2] http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-10/msg00341.html [3] http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-10/msg00342.html [4] http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-10/msg00348.html [5] http://free.grisoft.com/ -- Tom Baker - tbaker AT tbaker DOT de - baker AT sub DOT uni-goettingen DOT de -- 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/