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Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
- To: vischne at ibm dot net, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
- From: Samuel James Liddicott <sam at campbellsci dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 14:10:10 -0000
- MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at post.mail.demon.net
-----Original Message-----
From: vischne@ibm.net <vischne@ibm.net>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
Date: 01 February 1998 04:04
Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
>I've been complaining about copy and paste operations into cygwin text
>windows, but now I know the truth: It's a Microsoft problem, not a
>cygnus problem. If you don't believe me, try to paste something into
>the Dos text window of the ftp.exe that comes with Windows 95. It doesn't
>work. (Like, copy a file name and paste the file name into a `get '
>command.)
Have you tried getting a true dos prompt, and running bash from there?
Maybe it needs to talk to command.com....
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