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Re: FTP and xterm in 1.5.16...
- From: "Cary Jamison" <Cary_Jamison at Symantec dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 15:18:23 -0600
- Subject: Re: FTP and xterm in 1.5.16...
- References: <42860815.6060303@slakr.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Randy Widell wrote:
> After upgrading to 1.5.16, Cygwin seems to just hang when using 'ftp'
> in xterm. Oddly enough, the problem does not occur when running a
> shell through the Windows command window instead of xterm.
Are you sure this is a new behavior? Were you previously using cygwin's ftp
and are now using MS's?
Many window's programs don't work properly through cygwin's ptys. The
result can be that the process seems to just hang when it should be
prompting for input.
Cary