Message-ID: <437B343C.5040404@byu.net> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:29:32 -0700 From: Eric Blake User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eduard Witteveen CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows server 2003 web edition References: <437B25F3.7060501@HAWARIT.COM> In-Reply-To: <437B25F3.7060501@HAWARIT.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Eduard Witteveen on 11/16/2005 5:28 AM: > > I also tried to see if the application needed the path in anyway or the > executable to be started with the current directory specification > >> C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe >> >> C:\cygwin\bin>set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin\ Usually, you should leave Windows directories on your PATH, and just append to it rather than replacing it. >> >> C:\cygwin\bin>./bash >> '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >> operable program or batch file. - From cmd, you have to use Windows syntax to invoke a program (.\bash, not ./bash). > > I was happy to see cygcheck.exe working: That's because cygcheck is a native windows program that works even if the rest of cygwin does not. Please ATTACH, not send inline, the output of cygcheck -svr (your -cvr output is not as helpful), per the directions here: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDezQ884KuGfSFAYARAnTiAKCy/S4Fg/EU220aAbtJdW79qpJD4QCfZkAr AvHlv0jZRvghCwDuiAPThtg= =phlv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/