mysql client doesn't work on mintty

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Is Windows Vista, using cygwin 1.7.1, I can not use the standard windows
mysql client, because it is not possible to enter the password, and even
use it like this:
$ mysql -h localhost -u root --password=root

All i get it's a blank line.

With the default cygwin tty it works prefect.

I'm using cygwin 1.7.1, mintty 0.5.6 and mysql 5.1.41.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by infinito...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2010 at 10:43

• Merged into: #56

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As it says on the homepage, "while Windows console programs with simple text 
output
are usually fine, interactive programs often do not work correctly". See issue 
56 for
details.

Apart from waiting for a solution to that issue or using a console instead, you 
could
use a Cygwin version of mysql. Unfortunately there isn't one in the actual 
distro,
but there is in Cygwin Ports (at http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/).

Original comment by andy.koppe on 20 Jan 2010 at 7:26

• Changed state: Duplicate

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Interestingly, mysql client works perfectly if you only use bash.exe

Original comment by carlosl...@gmail.com on 23 May 2013 at 5:23