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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:56:47 -0600
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Subject: Re: commands not found
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Thanks, but like I said I've been there.  I've been everywhere and read it all
for hours before I posted this.  Frustration.

> At 07:51 PM 12/5/2004, you wrote:
> >First I'd like to say that I am sorry for having to ask this.  But I have
> >searched the site, read the faqs and documentation, and poked around the
> >directory structure and I am still at a loss.
> >Basically I just can't use any of the commands.  'cd' and 'pwd' seem to work,
> >but 'ls' and even 'man' don't.  Most things that I want to use I am told that
> >the command is not found.
> >I can go to the /bin direcotry and type ./ls, and it works.  So I guess that
> >maybe my path is not right.  The path in the /usr/etc/default/etc/profile is
> >sufficient.  And this is the only place that I can find the .bashrc files and
such.
> >What do I need to do?  And why would this functionality not be there from the
> >beginning.  It shouldn't be this hard to make this work.  I must be doing
> >something stupid.
> >Thanks in advance
> 
> Start here:
> 
> >Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> 838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> Holliston, MA 01746                     
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At 07:51 PM 12/5/2004, you wrote:
>First I'd like to say that I am sorry for having to ask this.  But I have
>searched the site, read the faqs and documentation, and poked around the
>directory structure and I am still at a loss.
>Basically I just can't use any of the commands.  'cd' and 'pwd' seem to work,
>but 'ls' and even 'man' don't.  Most things that I want to use I am told that
>the command is not found.
>I can go to the /bin direcotry and type ./ls, and it works.  So I guess that
>maybe my path is not right.  The path in the /usr/etc/default/etc/profile is
>sufficient.  And this is the only place that I can find the .bashrc files and such.
>What do I need to do?  And why would this functionality not be there from the
>beginning.  It shouldn't be this hard to make this work.  I must be doing
>something stupid.
>Thanks in advance

Start here:

>Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html




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Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746                     


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