From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Edwards To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com, John.Wiersba@medstat.com Subject: Re: cat broken Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:52:00 -0000 Message-id: <199906232203.SAA06552@jaj.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-06/msg00550.html > Using the 5/23 cygwin1.dll, the following is broken: > cat >file > It echos the input typed from the terminal Uh, that's what is supposed to happen... unless you mean that it ONLY echos the input, and writes a zero-length file? > and refuses to accept ^D as EOF. Use ^Z (i.e., pretend you had typed COPY CON FILE instead). This is just a hack. > I have CYGWIN=tty among other things. I honestly don't know whether this would affect things or not. The above is what I have to do with an out-of-box B20, no cat.exe or DLL or CYGWIN= changes. Luck++; (If you reply to the list, please don't cc another copy to me. Thanks!) Phil -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Edwards To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com, John.Wiersba@medstat.com Subject: Re: cat broken Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: <199906232203.SAA06552@jaj.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-06n/msg00550.html Message-ID: <19990630221000.FS6FJv4EdttEmE4YLO_ez5Sxz8pucK2D4aRvhMwD3o0@z> > Using the 5/23 cygwin1.dll, the following is broken: > cat >file > It echos the input typed from the terminal Uh, that's what is supposed to happen... unless you mean that it ONLY echos the input, and writes a zero-length file? > and refuses to accept ^D as EOF. Use ^Z (i.e., pretend you had typed COPY CON FILE instead). This is just a hack. > I have CYGWIN=tty among other things. I honestly don't know whether this would affect things or not. The above is what I have to do with an out-of-box B20, no cat.exe or DLL or CYGWIN= changes. Luck++; (If you reply to the list, please don't cc another copy to me. Thanks!) Phil -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com