You should run the Cygwin tools from Cygwin. They work fine against a native backend. //Magnus > -----Original Message----- > > I have many database build scripts written for cygwin bash. > These scripts use the cygwin port of postgres 7.4 and its > client tools like psql, pg_dump etc. > I have modified my bash scripts to use the Postgres 8 native > windows tools. > Unfortunately these bash scripts don't seem to work. > > Some example resutls of native windows Postgres 8 commands > run in cygwin > bash: > > pg_dump --version - spools back a database dump as if pg_dump is > running using default (no) parameters. The same command in a > DOS window works fine. > psql -- version - does not return and a ^C required to kill > psql - returns the default interactive session > > Can anyone throw any light on this as I really don't want to > have to rewrite all my scripts into DOS batch files > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Laurie > > > :.________________ > CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are > confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not > disclose the contents to another person, use it for any > purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org