Re: Windows with Dir/ and dir/

[Todd Denniston]

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> 
<SNIP>
> : No such file or directoryectory /var/lib/cvs/cbm/vice
> cvs update: skipping directory
> You have [0] altered files in this repository.
> Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `vice': y
> 
> (this is a verbatim copy, the word "directoryectory" is there in the
> original output!)

I am used to this kind of output coming if there is an embedded \r in the
thing being printed.
The way to actually see what is going on is to do (assuming cygwin has
script):
script logerrorfile.txt
cvs release -d #and anything else you put on the command.
#answer y
exit

###end
now you have a file named logerrorfile.txt which has all the text in it, if
you open with an editor that shows ^M and/or \r chars you can see what was
actually reported.
or if you really want to be sure run `od -a logerrorfile.txt |less `.

after you see what is really coming out, things are usually clearer as to what
went wrong.
> 
> I just did a ./configure && make install with a fresh gotten tarbal on
> cygwin (I can send in my check.log after doing make check, if that
> helps).
> 
<SNIP>
I assume you either wrote over the original bin/cvs you had or are in some
other way making sure you are executing the new version?

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) 
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter