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Re: output from shell call shows up in original cygwin window instead of current terminal


On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 11:49:44AM -0700, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>After starting cygwin, I type startx&
> then I type xterm&
>
> in this xterm, I type ftp mirrors.kernel.org
> and then "anonymous"
>
> the Password prompt does not show up in the xterm window, but in the
>original cygwin shell.
>
>FTP works fine from plain DOS cmd.exe and from the original cygwin
>
>shell, but I get this odd behavior when using an xterm... any idea why?

You're not using the cygwin version of ftp.

cgf

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