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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:40:13 -0600
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On 03/25/2010 03:07 AM, DEWI - N. Zacharias wrote:
> To read the content of a registry key  I use :
>=20
> my $ww =3D IO::File->new("</proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/shb=
ox/freepdfxp/fpDir");
> my $Reg_FreePdf_Path =3D <$ww>;
> $ww->close();
>=20
> It works but a subsequent call  system("cd /cydrive/c/whatever")  crashes=
 with
> a core dump.

Which version of cygwin?  cygwin 1.7.2-2 was released to fix a memory
corruption bug in managing the registry in cygwin 1.7.2-1; perhaps you
just need to upgrade?

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake AT redhat DOT com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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