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Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin
- From: Linda Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>
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- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:41:02 -0800
- Subject: Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
screen uses ptys. ptys are equivalent to CYGWIN=tty.
We really don't guarantee that pure Windows applications will work with
ptys.
cgf
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Aw gee...but you overcome worse limitations in windows...
I figured 'walk-on-air' was the next logical step after you got
the 'walk-on-water' syscall to work...