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From: Liang Wang <netcasper@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Cygwin startup problem
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:01:08 +0800
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warrenmcneely@harbornet.com writes:

> Robin,
>
> No such luck!  By the way I did the install again and now the /tmp warning 
> is gone..
> But now I cannot figure out how to get to home with this "bash-2.05b$"in 
> the console.
> Used to be that when I started Cygwin it got me to my home directory.
> Now it opens to "bash-2.05b$" and I am stuck--being a novice at this 
> doesn't help.

in cygwin.bat

bash --login -i

You have to login so that Cygwin know who you are and where is your
home directory.

> All the commands or calls I know go unfound
>
> Warren
>
> At 09:07 PM 10/23/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>>warrenmcneely@harbornet.com wrote:
>>>I tinkered in the registry and it almost works I get the following now
>>>bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
>>>bash-2.05b$
>>>How do I go about doing this?
>>
>>Erm, "mkdir /tmp" perhaps?
>>
>>R.
>>--
>>http://robinbowes.com


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