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Re: output from shell call shows up in original cygwin window instead of current terminal
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:00:12 -0400
- Subject: Re: output from shell call shows up in original cygwin window instead of current terminal
- References: <82a397f60604091149h1cc0814euc31e6d9f6e70c203@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 11:49:44AM -0700, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>After starting cygwin, I type startx&
> then I type xterm&
>
> in this xterm, I type ftp mirrors.kernel.org
> and then "anonymous"
>
> the Password prompt does not show up in the xterm window, but in the
>original cygwin shell.
>
>FTP works fine from plain DOS cmd.exe and from the original cygwin
>
>shell, but I get this odd behavior when using an xterm... any idea why?
You're not using the cygwin version of ftp.
cgf
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