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Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 04:03:03PM +0530, Jeenu V wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Jeenu V <jeenuv@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Christopher Faylor
>> <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com> wrote:
>>
>>> screen uses ptys. ptys are equivalent to CYGWIN=tty.
>>>
>>> We really don't guarantee that pure Windows applications will work with
>>> ptys.
>>
>> Hm... looks like I've to live without cmd.exe from screen.
>> Anyway,.thank you guys for the support and help.
>>
>
>And can this be guaranteed in future versions of Cygwin? Or is it
>something constrained by screen?
Do you think screen is the only thing that uses ptys in the whole
distribution?
cgf
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