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Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:46:02 -0500
To:	chris jefferson <caj AT cs DOT york DOT ac DOT uk>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: latex crash
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At 02:20 PM 11/17/2003, chris jefferson you wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I've recently found that latex has begun crashing if I execute it from a windows xp (or 2000) cmd prompt.
>
>It happens by simply typing "latex" at a cmd prompt. I get (in a windows error box)
>
>
>16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem
>
>C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe - latex
>The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
>CS:06cc IP:210f OP:63 69 66 69 65 Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
>
>
>this doesn't happen if I expecute it from a bash prompt.
>
>Even more strangely, if I go to a command prompt and into c:\cygwin\bin and type "dir latex.exe" it seems unable to see the file (although it is visable in windows explorer)


latex.exe is a Cygwin-specific symbolic link.  Use tex.exe instead at the
cmd prompt.  That should work OK.


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