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Re: ssh ProxyCommand not finding anything to execute

by SQueeZe :: Rate this Message:

Thanks for your reply Larry, I will continue with the cwRsync guys.

The 'advantage' of a package like cwRsync is that most Windows users wouldn't understand or want to dabble with a cywgin install and the intricacies that go along with it. cwRsync can be installed in about 10 seconds, and requires no knowledge of *Nix; I don't think the same could be said of Cygwin. Although I love Cygwin, if you just want a tiny, single subset of its functionality, then it just isn't worth the full install.

Of course this has it's disadvantages as we are finding out now.....

Thanks again for your help.

Kevin

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

SQueeZe wrote:
> Lets say I just drop sh.exe into the installation folder, what else would I
> need to do?
>
> I have taken the sh.exe file from a cywgin install and put it into c:\bin\,
> and tried running my command again. Now it no longer complains that it
> can't find /bin/sh but it still doesn't print anything to the screen like it
> should. Obviously putting it in c:\bin isn't ideal, I need to point it to
> my cwRsync directory.

Really, this is off-topic for this list. You should be talking to the
cwRsync guys about this. We don't have any knowledge of what cwRsync does
or the requirements to make it work, even though it claims to be
Cygwin-based. So you're better off talking with the maintainers of this
tool.

Aside: A quick read of the web site doesn't leave me with the impression
that this is any more than a repackaged version of a subset of the
Cygwin-provided tools. Since repackaging Cygwin tools just results in
incompatibilities with the stock Cygwin toolset, I don't see any advantage
to installing cwRsync. I'd recommend just using the rsync package as
provided with Cygwin. If you have problems with that, you have this list
and it's archives to help you out.

> I have emailed the cwRsync guys the problem but I'm not sure if they will be
> willing to include sh.exe in the next release or not.

Since doing so would simply add to the incompatibilities between cwRsync and
the stock Cygwin installation, I hope not.

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