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Re: cygstart foo.pdf results in 'AcroRd32.exe has generated errors'
- From: Andre Srinivasan <andre at e2open dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:21:36 -0800
- Subject: Re: cygstart foo.pdf results in 'AcroRd32.exe has generated errors'
- Organization: E2open LLC
- References: <p62hedw59xr.fsf@e2open.com> <3DEBE562.2030906@ece.gatech.edu>
...
CW> function pdfv () {
CW> cygstart /d/Program\ Files/Adobe/Acrobat\ 5.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe
CW> \"`cygpath -w -a $1`\" &
CW> }
I get the same Dr. Watson when I try the above. I agree, I don't
think it's cygstart, but it feels like there is a race condition or
mutex issue exposed when I directly invoke acrord32 (with or without
cygstart) vs. when I invoke IE and have IE invoke acrord32.
: $ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 US1-ASRINIVASAN 1.3.17(0.67/3/2) 2002-11-27 18:54 i686 unknown
W2K, Acroread 5.0.5 9/24/2001
-andre.
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