Re: [Mingw-users] mShell: mSys spawning system

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Quoting Brian Dessent <br...@de...>:

> Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> Uhm, as of about six months or so ago the problems still existed in
>> Cygwin.  I haven't given a try recently.  But ``rxvt -e
>> /cygdrive/c/windows/system32/ftp.exe'' should give it a good test.
>
> Yes, that's why you install the inetutils package and use the Cygwin
> version of /bin/ftp.  <g>  But yes, the problem with interacting with
> pure windows console applications will always exist when emulating ptys
> with pipes.
>

I'm only using the windows/system32/ftp for the purposes of 
demonstrating the issue.  I'm not suggesting anyone should use it for 
anything else.  Actually, it will be a good test for mshell as well.  
If mshell can't handle the I/O from the windows ftp then it isn't any 
better than rxvt.

Earnie Boyd

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