Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:05:32 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: Cygwin Subject: Re: dos/unix utilities Message-ID: <20010211170532.B14860@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: Cygwin References: <013001c09475$5a80f860$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <013001c09475$5a80f860$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org>; from matts@bluesguitar.org on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:55:31PM -0600 On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:55:31PM -0600, Matthew Smith wrote: >> I have found the utilities extremely useful, in order to emulate >processes, >> that we run in a Unix environment, under Windows NT. I am running them in >a >> win98 environment and then, when the process is working, transferring them >> to NT. I cannot see why there would be any problems. However, I am having >a >> problem with "wc" recognising that certain directories/files exist when >> using wildcards for non 8.3 form file names.. >> >> For example: >> wc -l \postbox\ctm\ctm*.* fails (with a ENOENT error msg) >> wc -l \postbox\ctm\ctm040701 works fine however > >Output of cygcheck -srv would be appreciated. Also, you neglect to say what >environment this is failing under. Are you trying this command from bash? >cmd.exe? You need to give us more info. You can't use wildcards with Windows filespecs. Cygwin is a UNIX emulation, remember? Try "wc -l /postbox/ctm/ctm*.*". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple