Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/08/06/20:42:09
I've noticed this too but if you guys tell me which package that info
is located in then I will try to reinstall the package and see if it
does anything for me.
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:08:33 -0500, DePriest, Jason R.
<jrdepriest AT ftb DOT com> wrote:
> On Friday, August 06, 2004 5:59 PM, zzapper wrote
>
> > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:02:01 +0100, wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I can do
> >>
> >>> info --help
> >>
> >> but typing
> >>
> >>> info
> >> or
> >>> info
> >> brings
> >>
> >> info: dir: No such file or directory
> >>
> >> Havn't needed info for a while so don't know when it broke
> >>
> >> zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
> >
> > info -f /usr/info/grep
> >
> > But if I set INFOPATH to /usr/info/ that doesn't help
> >
> > info grep
> > zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
>
> Info works fine for me.
> Typing in
> $ info
> gives me this:
> File: dir, Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree
>
> This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
> Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here,
> "h" gives a primer for first-timers,
> "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc.
>
> In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross
> reference
> to select it.
>
> * Menu:
>
> Miscellaneous
> * File utilities: (fileutils). GNU file utilities.
> * chgrp: (fileutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
> * chmod: (fileutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
> * chown: (fileutils)chown invocation. Change file
> owners/groups.
> * cp: (fileutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
> * dd: (fileutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
> * df: (fileutils)df invocation. Report filesystem disk
> usage.
> * dir: (fileutils)dir invocation. List directories
> briefly.
> * dircolors: (fileutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
> * du: (fileutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
> * install: (fileutils)install invocation. Copy and change
> attributes.
> * ln: (fileutils)ln invocation. Make links between
> files.
> * ls: (fileutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
> * mkdir: (fileutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
> * mkfifo: (fileutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named
> pipes).
> * mknod: (fileutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
> * mv: (fileutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
> * rm: (fileutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
> * rmdir: (fileutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty
> directories.
> * shred: (fileutils)shred invocation. Remove files more
> securely.
> * sync: (fileutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and
> disk.
> * touch: (fileutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
> * vdir: (fileutils)vdir invocation. List directories
> verbosely.
>
> -----Info: (dir)Top, 36 lines
> --All-------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> Welcome to Info version 4.2. Type C-h for help, m for menu item.
>
> Do you have the pinfo program installed?
>
> If so, what does it do when you try to run it?
>
> If not, you can install it with the setup.exe program and see if it
> works but info still doesn't.
>
> -Jason
>
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