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I've been wanting to bring this up for quite some time. I'm well aware of the problem with ptys that cause such problems. For example, when in a mintty terminal (or after having ssh'ed into Cygwin, etc.) when ptys are in use, programs like cleartool (from IBM/Rational Clearcase) and even Windows ftp, will not display a prompt and do things like not turn off echo properly thus echoing the password in the clear. Try running Windows ftp and give it no parms at all. It'll appear to be hung however if you type quit and return you get your prompt back.Yes, if you prefer to use the Cygwin terminal you must use a Cygwin client. But you have a choice to use the native terminal with a Cygwin shell and native ftp client. You could also do the following if you prefer the Cygwin terminal but do not want the Cygwin ftp client.
cmd /c start ftp
Which will open a native terminal with the ftp client waiting for input.
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