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I have several questions about setting up Cygwin. Some of the text in
the on-line help don't make sense.
1. Under Environent variables for Cygwin, it says:
The fully editable cygnus.bat file installs by default in
\cygnus\<installdirectory>/cygnus.bat where the most important
environment variables
are set before activating a bash shell. <installdirectory> signifies the
directory path you have set.
What is <installdirectory>? There are no instructions for setting
<installdirectory>. Cygwin installed in G:\Cygwin. Cygwin B20 installed
in G:\Cygnus\version#, but not version 1.0.
2. There is no file called cygnus.bat! I searched all the disks, but
couldn't find it. I tried creating the file with the line
set CYGWIN="tty notitle strace=0x1"
but bash didn't seem to find that file, and reported that the CYGWIN
variable was not set.
3. Where do I put the .profile, .inputrc, and .bashrc files? If I right
click on "My Computer", I get the System Properties window. In the
Environment tab, I have the HOME environment variable set to F:\Kelem. I
have a .bashrc file containing the line:
set path=(/bin)
When I run bash, it thinks $PATH is
/cygdrive/g/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin:/cygdrive/g/Gnu/bin:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin/MSWin32-x86-object:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/bin:/contrib/bin
4. The section labelled "Customizing the bash shell" states:
To set bash up so that cut and paste work properly, click on
the Properties button of the window, then on
the misc tab. Make sure to activate Quick Edit and make sure
that Fast Pasting isn’t activated.
There is no misc tab. The Options tab contains an option for Quick Edit,
but not Fast Pasting.
This section also states that .profile is executed
when bash is started as login shell, using the following command.
bash --login
Where is this flag to be entered? Is it to be typed on a command line
somewhere, or is it entered in the Target field in the Shortcut tab of
the Properties window for bash? Please let me know and update the
documentation.
Thanks for your help,
Steve Kelem
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I have several questions about setting up Cygwin. Some of the text in the
on-line help don't make sense.
<p>1. Under Environent variables for Cygwin, it says:
<p>The fully editable <font face="Courier New,Courier">cygnus.bat</font>
file installs by default in
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">\cygnus\<i><installdirectory></i>/cygnus.bat</font>
where the most important environment variables
<br>are set before activating a bash shell. <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>
signifies the directory path you have set.
<br>What is <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>?
There are no instructions for setting <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>.
Cygwin installed in <font face="Courier New,Courier">G:\Cygwin</font>.
Cygwin B20 installed in <font face="Courier New,Courier">G:\Cygnus\version#</font>,
but not version 1.0.
<p>2. There is no file called cygnus.bat! I searched all the disks, but
couldn't find it. I tried creating the file with the line
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"> set CYGWIN="tty
notitle strace=0x1"</font>
<p>but bash didn't seem to find that file, and reported that the CYGWIN
variable was not set.
<p>3. Where do I put the <font face="Courier New,Courier">.profile</font>,
<font face="Courier New,Courier">.inputrc</font>,
and <font face="Courier New,Courier">.bashrc</font> files? If I right click
on "My Computer", I get the System Properties window. In the Environment
tab, I have the HOME environment variable set to F:\Kelem. I have a .bashrc
file containing the line:
<blockquote>set path=(/bin)</blockquote>
When I run bash, it thinks <font face="Courier New,Courier">$PATH</font>
is
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">/cygdrive/g/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin:/cygdrive/g/Gnu/bin:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin/MSWin32-x86-object:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/bin:/contrib/bin</font>
<p>4. The section labelled "Customizing the bash shell" states:
<blockquote>To set bash up so that cut and paste work properly, click on
the <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Properties</font> button of the window,
then on
<br>the misc tab. Make sure to activate <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Quick
Edit</font> and make sure that <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Fast Pasting</font>
isn’t activated.</blockquote>
There is no misc tab. The Options tab contains an option for <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Quick
Edit</font>, but not <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Fast Pasting</font>.
<br>This section also states that .profile is executed
<br>when bash is started as login shell, using the following command.
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"> bash --login</font>
<br>Where is this flag to be entered? Is it to be typed on a command line
somewhere, or is it entered in the Target field in the Shortcut tab of
the Properties window for bash? Please let me know and update the
documentation.
<p>Thanks for your help,
<br>Steve Kelem
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:23:18 -0800
From: Steve Kelem <kelem AT adaptivesilicon DOT com>
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Hi. I have Cygwin 1.0 on Win NT 4, SP5.
I have several questions about setting up Cygwin. Some of the text in
the on-line help don't make sense.
1. Under "Setting up Cygwin", the first link says "Learning UNIX to work
with Cygwin". This is bad English. I'm guessing that you meant to say
something like "Learn more about UNIX".
2. Under Environent variables for Cygwin, it says:
The fully editable cygnus.bat file installs by default in
\cygnus\<installdirectory>/cygnus.bat where the most important
environment variables
are set before activating a bash shell. <installdirectory>
signifies the directory path you have set.
What is <installdirectory>? There are no instructions for setting
<installdirectory>. Cygwin installed in G:\Cygwin. Cygwin B20 installed
in G:\Cygnus\version#, but not version 1.0.
3. There is no file called cygnus.bat! I searched all the disks, but
couldn't find it. I tried creating the file with the line
set CYGWIN="tty notitle strace=0x1"
but bash didn't seem to find that file, and reported that the CYGWIN
variable was not set.
4. Where do I put the .profile, .inputrc, and .bashrc files? If I right
click on "My Computer", I get the System Properties window. In the
Environment tab, I have the HOME environment variable set to F:\Kelem. I
have a .bashrc file containing the line:
set path=(/bin)
When I run bash, it thinks $PATH is
/cygdrive/g/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin:/cygdrive/g/Gnu/bin:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin/MSWin32-x86-object:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/bin:/contrib/bin
5. The section labelled "Customizing the bash shell" states:
To set bash up so that cut and paste work properly, click on
the Properties button of the window, then on
the misc tab. Make sure to activate Quick Edit and make sure
that Fast Pasting isn’t activated.
There is no misc tab. The Options tab contains an option for Quick Edit,
but not Fast Pasting.
This section also states that .profile is executed
when bash is started as login shell, using the following command.
bash --login
Where is this flag to be entered? Is it to be typed on a command line
somewhere, or is it entered in the Target field in the Shortcut tab of
the Properties window for bash? Please let me know and update the
documentation.
6. I'm trying to build nmh. When I run the configure command that comes
with its source, it reports:
"G:/Cygwin/bin/bash.exe"-2.03$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i386-pc-cygwin32
checking target system type... i386-pc-cygwin32
checking build system type... i386-pc-cygwin32
configuring for nmh-1.0.2
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot create executables.
If I type "type gcc", it reports: gcc is hashed (/bin/gcc). If I type
"gcc --help", it prints the help information, indicating that (a) gcc
works, and (b) it's where it's supposed to be. What's wrong? Why can't
I configure this software? It configures on Sun Solaris 2.7, and on
Linux.
Thanks for your help,
Steve Kelem
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Hi. I have Cygwin 1.0 on Win NT 4, SP5.
<p>I have several questions about setting up Cygwin. Some of the text in
the on-line help don't make sense.
<p>1. Under "Setting up Cygwin", the first link says "Learning UNIX to
work with Cygwin". This is bad English. I'm guessing that you meant
to say something like "Learn more about UNIX".
<p>2. Under Environent variables for Cygwin, it says:
<blockquote>The fully editable <font face="Courier New,Courier">cygnus.bat</font>
file installs by default in
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">\cygnus\<i><installdirectory></i>/cygnus.bat</font>
where the most important environment variables
<br>are set before activating a bash shell. <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>
signifies the directory path you have set.</blockquote>
What is <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>?
There are no instructions for setting <i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><installdirectory></font></i>.
Cygwin installed in <font face="Courier New,Courier">G:\Cygwin</font>.
Cygwin B20 installed in <font face="Courier New,Courier">G:\Cygnus\version#</font>,
but not version 1.0.
<p>3. There is no file called cygnus.bat! I searched all the disks, but
couldn't find it. I tried creating the file with the line
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"> set CYGWIN="tty
notitle strace=0x1"</font>
<p>but bash didn't seem to find that file, and reported that the CYGWIN
variable was not set.
<p>4. Where do I put the <font face="Courier New,Courier">.profile</font>,
<font face="Courier New,Courier">.inputrc</font>, and <font face="Courier New,Courier">.bashrc</font>
files? If I right click on "My Computer", I get the System Properties window.
In the Environment tab, I have the HOME environment variable set to F:\Kelem.
I have a .bashrc file containing the line:
<br>set path=(/bin)
<br>When I run bash, it thinks <font face="Courier New,Courier">$PATH</font>
is
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">/cygdrive/g/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin:/cygdrive/g/Gnu/bin:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin/MSWin32-x86-object:/cygdrive/d/Perl/5.005/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/bin:/contrib/bin</font>
<p>5. The section labelled "Customizing the bash shell" states:
<blockquote>To set bash up so that cut and paste work properly, click on
the <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Properties</font> button of the window,
then on
<br>the misc tab. Make sure to activate <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Quick
Edit</font> and make sure that <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Fast Pasting</font>
isn’t activated.</blockquote>
There is no misc tab. The Options tab contains an option for <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Quick
Edit</font>, but not <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Fast Pasting</font>.
<br>This section also states that .profile is executed
<br>when bash is started as login shell, using the following command.
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"> bash --login</font>
<br>Where is this flag to be entered? Is it to be typed on a command line
somewhere, or is it entered in the Target field in the Shortcut tab of
the Properties window for bash? Please let me know and update the
documentation.
<p>6. I'm trying to build nmh. When I run the configure command that comes
with its source, it reports:
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">"G:/Cygwin/bin/bash.exe"-2.03$ ./configure
--prefix=/usr/local</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">loading cache ./config.cache</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">checking host system type... i386-pc-cygwin32</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">checking target system type... i386-pc-cygwin32</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">checking build system type... i386-pc-cygwin32</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">configuring for nmh-1.0.2</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">checking for gcc... (cached) gcc</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">checking whether the C compiler (gcc
) works... no</font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier">configure: error: installation or
configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.</font>
<p>If I type "<font face="Courier New,Courier">type gcc</font>", it reports:
<font face="Courier New,Courier">gcc is hashed (/bin/gcc)</font>. If I
type "<font face="Courier New,Courier">gcc --help</font>", it prints the
help information, indicating that (a) gcc works, and (b) it's where it's
supposed to be. What's wrong? Why can't I configure this software?
It configures on Sun Solaris 2.7, and on Linux.
<p>Thanks for your help,
<br>Steve Kelem</html>
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