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Subject: Re: Ctrl+C not working with windows programs in Cygwin 1.7.16
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On Aug  7 18:21, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
> 
> >> But I still need to see a practical example of
> >> running a M$ program like ping and stopping it with Ctrl+C
> >> without CMD (or another shell).
> 
> > Why don't you just try it?  On W7:
> 
> Start Menu ->> Run... -> Enter "ping -t cygwin.com" -> Start Task Manager
> ->> Observe the absence of cmd.exe but the presence of conhost.exe ->
> > Press Ctrl-C in the ping console window.
> 
> That would work for, basically, any Windows version, starting WinNT.

Of course, just that you won't see conhost.exe in Task Manager prior
to W7.


Corinna

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