Re: [Mingw-users] MSYS 1.0.11 ls.exe issue

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Sunday 07 June 2009 20:07:15 Peter wrote:
> In one of  my windows XP 32 machines from cmd.exe shell,
> ls.exe from MSYS 1.0.11 can only display 10 files out of 100+
> files.

So?  This usage is unsupported.  You should run MSYS programs from 
the *Bourne* shell launched by msys.bat, *not* from a cmd.exe shell.

> ls.exe from gnuwin32.sourceforge.net has no such a problem. 

And this is a native w32 program, intended to be run from cmd.exe; 
you cannot compare the two in this fashion.

>  I checked the environ path, and the cmd shell buffers, they all
> look fine. Anybody has any idea what is problem?

Yes; you are not using the tools as intended.

> Also noticed that if running ls.exe after msys.bat, the display
> looks correct.

So, when you use it as intended, it works correctly.  What's the 
problem?

> not sure if I can make the changes directly to the 
> cmd.exe shell environment to get ls.exe correctly?

No.  You *don't* run MSYS programs from a cmd.exe shell; you run them 
in the Bourne shell environment established by msys.bat.

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Regards,
Keith.