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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:05:33 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: BASH and MAN failure
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On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 11:53:33AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>On 4/8/2013 11:44 AM, rodmedina AT cantv DOT net wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Suddenly "bash --login" started giving the follwin message:
>>
>> $ bash --login
>> 1 [main] bash 4084 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - prefork: couldn't create pipe process trackerWin32 error 161
>> $
>>
>> Appart from that I do not see anything unusual.
>
>Have you looked at this FAQ?
>
><http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures>

Actually, in this case, Error 161 is ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME.  If the OP
is getting that from an attempt to create a pipe then something
is messed up on their system.  Most likely it's BLODA:

http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA

cgf

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