X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= default; b=YNwgKKhRTf56B/AjG6HU+muohy0gbbBS/4+mKGoFiaUi3OE3jOMJ9 MJK3viyf38MXd2gj4G9xYe2C2kX4zRC5kzxYrvqRCNFti+SWkKsuFMcy8knGeHR0 0gcbtD5Ygsn+FTxYUXzNMx+cix7Ht7m+bx7WvQA5GlJCxtnwlb1ewA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=L84DyfaHDr0VbxbZcBQ0ZdXH6P4=; b=spa6L/zUf8tToJgTSvr0tWILl7Xl VTIdVjXmJYl+X/MgMxeEZeh1vTRYMZ5sLDQ9hg3OuteMQ1ycU4sslj85MUMhiq2M UHEhgV3ywliS/911HbiZ0CYCFHfTrw/QblRhFbH6VW6XePSsg35cA9AvUo5sQVF8 qGGSZ+qpnWpTgKs= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: plane.gmane.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Maximus5 Subject: Re: launching sh/bash from windows console (cmd) results in application Segmentation Faults Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:38:47 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Scott Mitchell gmail.com> writes: > I am not sure if the is relevant but the "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" > I have been using is a 32 bit executable as reported by cygwin: > $ file cmd.exe > cmd.exe: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows > > I am not sure if this is an alternative and I don't have any > alternatives other than "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe" which is also > reported as 32 bit. That is because of redirection in Windows x64. When you need to access (or run) any 64-bit windows app in system folder from any 32-bit app, you need to use "sysnative" alias. $ file /c/windows/sysnative/cmd.exe /c/windows/sysnative/cmd.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple