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From:	"Sandy Pyke" <spyke555 AT yahoo DOT ca>
To:	"Cygwin List" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Errors when trying to access /dev/null
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2003 01:21:37 -0400
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Hello all,

I am new to Cygwin and I've run across a problem. I have installed Cygwin on
two different Windows XP Pro machines and one is working fine and the other
is not. On both machines I did a Default installation plus some development
packages (gcc, make, gtk2-win32, etc...)

On the machine giving me troubles I get a whole series of errors related to
/dev/null when I try and run ./configure for a few different packages. Here
are some example errors I received:

./configure: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
...
./configure: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
./.lineno: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
...
./.lineno: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
:error: cannot create .lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell

To simplify matters I tried running the following commands:

"ls > /dev/null" returns "bash: /dev/null: No such file or directory"

I created a file called null in my home directory and then ran the following
command:

"ln -s null /dev/null" which returned "ln: /dev/null: File exists"

Needless to say I'm now confused... Can anyone tell me which package
includes support for /dev/null? And are there any environment variables I
need to set for this to work? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I
can provide more details if required...

Sandy Pyke

System information:

Intel Pentium III 600EB, 512Mb RAM
Windows XP Pro, version 2002, Service Pack 1

Environment variables:

!C:='C:\cygwin\bin'
ALLUSERSPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA='C:\Documents and Settings\Sandy\Application Data'
BASH=/usr/bin/bash
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="05b" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release"
[5]="i686-pc-cygwin")
BASH_VERSION='2.05b.0(1)-release'
CLIENTNAME=Console
COLUMNS=80
COMMONPROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME=SANDY-HOME
COMSPEC='C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'
COSMOSM='C:\Program Files\DesignSTAR'
CVS_RSH=/bin/ssh
DIRSTACK=()
EUID=1003
GROUPS=()
HISTFILE=/home/Sandy/.bash_history
HISTFILESIZE=500
HISTSIZE=500
HOME=/home/Sandy
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH='\Documents and Settings\Sandy'
HOSTNAME=sandy-home
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS=$' \t\n'
INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:
         /usr/info:
         /usr/share/info:
         /usr/autotool/devel/info:
         /usr/autotool/stable/info:
LANGUAGE=en
LINES=25
LM_LICENSE_FILE='C:\Program Files\DesignSTAR\license\FLEXlm\LICENSE.DAT'
LOGONSERVER='\\SANDY-HOME'
MACHTYPE=i686-pc-cygwin
MAILCHECK=60
MAKE_MODE=unix
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:
        /usr/man:
        /usr/share/man:
        /usr/autotool/devel/man:
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OLDPWD=/gpsdrive-2.04
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OS=Windows_NT
OSTYPE=cygwin
PATH='/usr/local/bin:
      /usr/bin:/bin:
      /usr/X11R6/bin:
      /cygdrive/c/program files/graphicsmagick-1.0.3-q8:
      /cygdrive/c/Program Files/DesignSTAR:
      /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:
      /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:
      /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:
      /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/Autodesk Shared/:
      /cygdrive/c/Program Files/SecureCRT 3.0:
      /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/Adaptec Shared/System'
PATHEXT='.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
PIPESTATUS=([0]="0")
PPID=1
PRINTER='Epson Stylus Photo 700 ESC/P 2'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER='x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0801
PROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files'
PROMPT='$P$G'
PS1=$'\\[\\033]0;\\w\\007\n\\033[32m\\]\\u@\\h \\[\\033[33m\\w\\033[0m\\]\n$
'
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PWD=/home/Sandy
SESSIONNAME=Console
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:
monitor
SHLVL=1
SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
SYSTEMROOT='C:\WINDOWS'
TEMP=/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/Sandy/LOCALS~1/Temp
TERM=cygwin
TMP=/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/Sandy/LOCALS~1/Temp
UID=1003
USER=Sandy
USERDOMAIN=SANDY-HOME
USERNAME=Sandy
USERPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Sandy'
WINDIR='C:\WINDOWS'
_=/home/Sandy/


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