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From:	"Hannu E K Nevalainen" <_garbage_collector_ AT telia DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Can't create Bash here document.
Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:44:20 +0100
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YorkshireSkier BLOB aol.com wrote:
...
> However, if I try to use a command that uses the here document,
> I see the following error:
> 
> $ cat <<fred
>> 1
>> 2
>> 3
>> fred
> bash: cannot create temp file for here document: No such file or
> directory 
> 
> I can confirm that the variables TEMP and TMP (and TEMPDIR) are
> defined. All point to a valid subdirectory that has write
> permission. I can for instance 'touch $TEMP/fred' without difficulty.
> 
> I found one similar mailing about this in the archive - the
> respondant said this has come up before, but I cannot find the
> original mailing in the archive (or on the web). Please can
> someone point me in the right direction.

What does this display:
$ mount -m

I suspect that you need:
$ mount -fsb "$TEMP" "/tmp"


/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems            --72-->

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