Re: Getting "Doing Fork: Bad File Descriptor" when using various tools
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Nute
<eric(a)lybrandnute.net> writes:
Eric> Thanks for the reply.
Eric> I tried the suggested command, M-! test testfile.txt after first opening
testfile.txt into a buffer. I got the same "Doing fork: Bad file descriptor"
message.
(setq debug-on-signal t)
(setq debug-on-quit t)
(setq debug-on-error t)
Provoke the error again.
Send us the *Backtrace* buffer contents.
Eric> It would seem that this result is consistent with the hypothesis. How would I
adjust the path used by this version of xemacs?
Set up the PATH variable. This even works in my native Windows XEmacs.
Eric> In answering the questions asked of me, I am a new user of Xemacs and Cygwin,
although I have some experience with Linux and FreeBSD. As mentioned before, I am using
the "C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\i686-pc-cygwin\xemacs-21.4.13.exe" binary for
xemacs. I used the Cygwin setup.exe version 2.416 to install cygwin, but I can't
figure out which version of cygwin I am using.
Eric> The funny thing is, though, that on another system I installed the same thing
and it worked. The big differences between the two systems are:
Eric> - I built the working system, whereas my Info Manag dept. built the one that
doesn't work
Eric> - The working system is a stand alone, but the broken one is part of
Eric> a domain. I am beginning to think that some form of the mkpasswd
Eric> command might help me, but
Eric> Again, I really don't know what kinds of things to do to try an
troubleshoot this problem, so any suggestions are greatly welcome.
Eric> Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>>>>> "Eric" == Eric
Nute <eric(a)lybrandnute.net> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>
Eric> I am using Xemacs, Cygwin version, on a Windows 2000
Eric> station. When I tried to use the tools, specifically "Tools
Eric> -> Compare -> Two Files" or "Tools -> Grep -> Grep all
files
Eric> in directory", the tool fails with an error in the bottom
Eric> line stating "Doing Fork: Bad File Descriptor" .
See above.
Hope this helps,
Adrian
>
> What happens if you do M-! grep something some-existing-file RET?
>
> I suspect grep is not on the PATH that XEmacs knows about.
>
> The other possibility is breakage in XEmacs handing off processes to
> Cygwin. What version of Cygwin are you using? Is this changed
> behavior, or are you a new XEmacs users? Have you updated (from a
> previous version) either XEmacs or Cygwin lately?
>
> A better place to ask is xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org, and/or
> xemacs-winnt(a)xemacs.org (the latter is nearly defunct, but there are
> still a few subscribers who haven't joined the xemacs-beta list yet).
>
>
>
Eric> --
Eric> Eric Nute <eric(a)lybrandnute.net>
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