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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:09:03 -0400
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Subject: Re: Cannot run psql under Cygwin
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On 8/11/2010 11:57 AM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:
> When I try to run psql (eg. psql -U myusername -d mydb) from Cygwin, it freezes.
> When I run it from the DOS console, it works fine.

In that case, you need to run Cygwin's bash from a console (i.e. use
'cygwin.bat' as provided by 'setup.exe') and run 'psql' from there.
See the 'tty' option for the CYGWIN environment variable in the Users
Guide for more details:

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>

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