X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Subject: Re: (core dumped) mkshortcut Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.0 \(1486\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Denis Excoffier In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:16:54 +0200 Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <7770DC1B-52FD-4A10-81D7-8B31B0425EB6@Denis-Excoffier.org> References: To: Earnie Boyd Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2012-09-10 at 14:54, Earnie Boyd wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Robert Mark wrote: >> Hi Earnie, >> >>>> As per a previous message >>>> (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-05/msg00215.html) I am still finding >>>> that mkshortcut causes core dumps (Windows 7, 64 bit). I have tried a >>>> few different options: -P or -D still cause dumps. I have checked >>>> permissions and they are all ok. Some folders do cause the error, some >>>> don't. >>>> >>>> mkshortcut -n "I for cygwin bin" /D/cyghome/bin >>>> /home/RobertMarkBram/bin/createWindowsShortcut.sh: line 160: 8128 >>>> Aborted (core dumped) mkshortcut -n "$shortcutName" >>>> "$target" >>> >>> I'm going to guess but have no fact to back it that the reason is due >>> to the fact you're executing in a 32bit environment and the shortcut >>> the tool makes needs a 64bit enviroment. This may only be resolved by >>> a 64bit version of Cygwin. >> >> I did say I was running 64bit Win 7, so what exactly do you mean? >> > > I mean that Cygwin at the moment is a 32 bit application. So you are > executing in an emulation mode and some things might just not work as > expected. I must say that i run on 32 bits natively (XP) and have what i think is the very same problem. See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-08/msg00542.html I add here that my XP is "french only" (nationalization not possible). Regards, Denis Excoffier. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple