/etc/profile ignored; other strangeness

[Samuel James Liddicott]

-----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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