Re: Fwd: asqlcmd hangs in cygwin

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 01/12/2015 05:14 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 1/12/2015 10:05 PM, ravi r wrote:
> > The asqlcmd part of Advantage Database installation when invoked
> > in c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe with no arguments displays a prompt
> > as expected:
> >      c:\Program Files (x86)\Advantage 11.10\ARC>asqlcmd
> >      asqlcmd -? for usage information.
> >      :quit to exit.
> >      :help for available commands.
> >      asqlcmd>
> >
> > The same command when invoked from cygwin hangs forever:
> >
> >      $ type asqlcmd
> >      asqlcmd is hashed (/cygdrive/c/Program FIles (x86)/Advantage
> > 11.10/ARC/asqlcmd)
> >
> >      $ asqlcmd
>
> https://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=56

The common work-around for this issue is to use cmd.exe as the console
and then run whatever shell you want to run.  This limits Linux-like
terminal emulation but avoids Windows console-dependent behaviour, which
is what asqlcmd is looking for.


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Larry

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