Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000222134349.00c265c0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:44:37 -0500 To: "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Fwd: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Meant to copy this to this list too... >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:18:44 -0500 >To: "Boyer,Galen" >From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" >Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems >At 01:06 PM 2/22/00 , you wrote: >>I am having a problem with bash and tar and I think it is just a >>configuration issue. >> >>My mounting structure is as follows: >>Device Directory Type Flags >>e: /e native text!=binary >>d: /d native text!=binary >>c: /c native text!=binary >>c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\usr\bin /bin native text!=binary >>c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20 / native text!=binary >> >>When I cd into / and execute "tar zxvf >>e:/gnu/Downloads/gcc-2.95.2-cygb20.tar.gz ", I get the following error: >> >>tar (grandchild): Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or directory >>tar (grandchild): Cannot open archive >>e:/gnu/Downloads/gcc-2.95.2-cygb20.tar.gz: I/O error >>tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now >> >>gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file >>tar: Child returned status 1 >>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >> >>What have I set up incorrectly in bash? > > >Nothing. Don't use "e:". This is NFS syntax for remote paths. You've >mounted e: to /e so use that instead. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX (508) 560-1285 - cell phone -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com