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Subject: Re: Oracle SQLPLUS and the latest release Kill a line (control U
 default) not working
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:42:35 -0600
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On 2020-03-17 12:44, jsteifel wrote:
> I have been a cygwin user since 2005. I have found it has saved me on a
> windows system. I am an Oracle DBA, and working on *Nix has been my thing
> until companies stopped providing workstations. So cygwin has been it.  
> 
> My last update of cygwin was in 2014, so I am quite behind in updates.  I
> pushed this out to over 300 systems I manage (all windows now). I built an
> automated install, and it does what I want. More recently startring with Win
> server 2016 , and now 2019 when using X I get a CMD window accompanying it
> that doesn't close. And with being outdated, it was time to upgrade. I also
> wanted iconv.
> 
> So I decide to build a fresh install, for the latest as of 3 weeks ago
> (3/2/2020). Most everything is fine, but when using sqlplus either in an
> xterm or in mintty my control U  (KILL) does not get fired off in sqlplus.
> This always worked in the past.  I have played with stty for days it seems,
> and cannot get sqlplus to kill the current line.
> 
> I have taken the approach of building a new test box, and installing the old
> version of 2014 cygwin release. It does work with sqlplus. I then tried
> upgrading but not all pieces, but now it's back to Kill not working. I have
> set -o vi, set raw... I'm still at a loss for how to get it to pass through.
> It works in my shell (btw mksh), not bash.  
> 
> I think with the new cygwin, maybe there is some protection between apps
> going on, that was not in place back in 2014.   but that is just a guess,
> not from any knowledge.
> 
> Does anyone have the same problem, or have a solution.  I don't expect other
> editor commands to work, but this one command is so useful, in clearing out
> a garbage line.

I think you now need to install winpty to handle Windows programs running in a
pty under mintty; check http://mintty.github.io/ and
https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips

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