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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:18:59 -0400
To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: Install, sh.exe, and make
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In-Reply-To: <20000823201533.21639.qmail@web121.yahoomail.com>; from stevzie@yahoo.com on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:15:33PM -0700

On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:15:33PM -0700, Steve Zielinski wrote:
>I have recently installed v1.1.  The user's guide states:
>
>"The /bin directory should contain the shell sh.exe. You have three choices.
>The first is to copy this program from the Cygnus bin directory. The second is
>to use mount to mount the Cygnus bin directory to /bin (the advantage of this
>approach is that your PATH will be shorter inside bash). The third is to make
>/bin a symbolic link to the Cygnus bin directory.

/bin/sh.exe is installed when you run setup.  It comes from ash.tar.gz.

You really should be using the setup.exe utility to install things on your
hard disk.

cgf

>Note that Cygwin comes with two shells: bash.exe and sh.exe, which is based on
>ash. The system is faster when ash is used as the non-interactive shell. The
>only functionality supported in ash is that of the traditional sh. In case of
>trouble with ash make sh.exe point to bash.exe."
>
>I cannot find sh.exe anywhere. Including the ftp download directories.
>
>I am getting the following error when I try to use "make":
>make: sh.exe: Command not found
>make: *** [filename.obj] Error 127
>
>
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