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On 2006-12-21, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running Win XP Pro/SP2
> 
> I just downloaded and installed cygwin. I didn't choose any 
> special options; I didn't ask to have anything special excluded; I 
> didn't ask to have anything special included.
> 
> I found and installed the pdksh package because I know the 
> Kornshell and I don't know the Bourne shell. I have modified the 
> .bat file and my /etc/passwd file to reference ksh instead of 
> bash. It all seems to work but ...
> 
> I now find that things like more, pg, terminfo, vi and I don't 
> know what else are all missing. I have used Windows's Search 
> function to try finding "more.*", "pg.*" and so on but they are 
> not there.
> 
> What have I done wrong, please? Where can I find these things? I 
> have searched the FAQs but ...

You just haven't installed them yet.

    http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages

HTH,
Gary

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Gary Johnson                 | Agilent Technologies
garyjohn AT spk DOT agilent DOT com     | Wireless Division
                             | Spokane, Washington, USA

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