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Re: Running cmd programs in cygwin / rxvt


Brian Dessent wrote:

overbored wrote:

There are some cmd shell programs that don't run well in rxvt. Most noticeably, they don't always immediately write out their output. They seem to work fine in the default cmd window though (doesn't matter if it's in cmd or in bash). Does anybody know what the problem is here, and how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

What you're seeing is caused by the output of the program going through a tty (or pty as the case may be.) When you run it from a straight cmd.exe it's not using tty code (unless you have CYGWIN=tty set.) From my meagre knowledge of the subject it has to do with the program not explicitly flushing stdout (or not knowing that it needs to as this is usually not required under windows.)

Is there a CYGWIN setting to tell rxvt not to use ptys? -- 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.


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