X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1224260992-538e000a0000-w5GHUG X-Barracuda-URL: http://glosten.com:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi X-ASG-Whitelist: Client From: "Benjamin J. Racine" To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:29:01 -0700 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: FW: man goes into an infinite loop Subject: FW: man goes into an infinite loop Message-ID: <8C2B20C4348091499673D86BF10AB6761CCEBAF7@clipper.glosten.local> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.10.10.57] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1224260992 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by Barracuda Spam Firewall at glosten.com X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id m9HGUrpp020775 Solved this problem by reinstalling cygwin from a different mirror. Not an attractive solution, but... -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Racine Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:11 AM To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: man goes into an infinite loop Any ideas on the following very much appreciated... $ man sed [: missing `]' usage: addftinfo [-v] [-param value] ... resolution unitwidth font usage: afmtodit [-mnsvx] [-a angle] [-d DESC] [-e encoding] [-i n] afmfile mapfile font usage: apropos keyword ... i686 000 0000 ^@ 032 0x20 064 0x40 @ 096 0x60 ` 001 0x01 ^A 033 0x21 ! 065 0x41 A 097 0x61 a 002 0x02 ^B 034 0x22 " 066 0x42 B 098 0x62 b 003 0x03 ^C 035 0x23 # 067 0x43 C 099 0x63 c ................... ................... ................... Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ... Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ... POSIX options: GNU long options: -f progfile --file=progfile -F fs --field-separator=fs -v var=val --assign=var=val -m[fr] val -W compat --compat -W copyleft --copyleft -W copyright --copyright -W dump-variables[=file] --dump-variables[=file] -W exec=file --exec=file -W gen-po --gen-po -W help --help -W lint[=fatal] --lint[=fatal] -W lint-old --lint-old -W non-decimal-data --non-decimal-data -W profile[=file] --profile[=file] -W posix --posix -W re-interval --re-interval -W source=program-text --source=program-text -W traditional --traditional -W usage --usage -W use-lc-numeric --use-lc-numeric -W version --version To report bugs, see node `Bugs' in `gawk.info', which is section `Reporting Problems and Bugs' in the printed version. gawk is a pattern scanning and processing language. By default it reads standard input and writes standard output. Examples: gawk '{ sum += $1 }; END { print sum }' file gawk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd banner: not enough arguments Usage: banner [-c X] [-w 80] [--usage] [--version] [--license] A string to print... c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp c3BhY2UKCiAgICAgICAtCC1lCGUgc2NyaXB0LCAtCC0tCC1lCGV4CHhwCHByCHJlCGVzCHNzCHNp CGlvCG9uCG49XwhzXwhjXwhyXwhpXwhwXwh0CgogICAgICAgICAgICAgIGFkZCB0aGUgc2NyaXB0 IHRvIHRoZSBjb21tYW5kcyB0byBiZSBleGVjdXRlZAoKICAgICAgIC0ILWYIZiBzY3JpcHQtZmls ZSwgLQgtLQgtZghmaQhpbAhsZQhlPV8Ic18IY18Icl8IaV8IcF8IdF8ILV8IZl8IaV8IbF8IZQoK ICAgICAgICAgICAgICBhZGQgdGhlIGNvbnRlbnRzIG9mIHNjcmlwdC1maWxlIHRvIHRoZSBjb21t ................... ................... ................... ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBTRUQoMSkK basename: missing operand Try `basename --help' for more information. /usr/bin/bashbug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found /usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status. /usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted. /usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report; /usr/bin/bashbug: type `n' to re-enter the editor. /usr/bin/bashbug: Do you want to give up? /usr/bin/bashbug: line 210: vi: command not found /usr/bin/bashbug: editor `vi' exited with nonzero status. /usr/bin/bashbug: Perhaps it was interrupted. /usr/bin/bashbug: Type `y' to give up, and lose your bug report; -- 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/