Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>, <http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Message-ID:	<19991201195941.19629.qmail@web123.yahoomail.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:59:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	Re: Path trouble w. Perl using B20.1
To:	"Karl L." <kol AT lillevold DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
MIME-Version:	1.0

--- "Karl L." <kol AT lillevold DOT com> wrote:
> Path trouble w. Perl using B20.1
> X-Mailer: VM 6.74 under Emacs 19.34.6
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to start using the CygWin user tools as my new command
> line environment on Windows NT 4.0, but I am having severe trouble
> getting simple access to my perl scripts. They all work find when I
> run them from the C: drive, which is mounted on /, but whenever I try
> to run them from any other drives (mounted to /d, /e etc) it
> fails. See below for a simple test case and system data.
> 
> Any advice?
-8<-
> 
> perl version:
> Binary build 522 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp.
> http://www.ActiveState.com
> Built 09:52:28 Nov  2 1999

Non-Cygwin programs will not understand the Cygwin mounted directories or
symbolic links.  Options:

1) The Cygwin pages give you a link to a Cygwin built perl, download that.
2) Buy the Cygwin V1.0 CD, it comes with a Cygwin build perl.
3) Change the script to use the win32 path.


=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cygwin Newbies, please visit
<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Thousands of Stores.  Millions of Products.  All in one place.
Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com

- Raw text -