X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: "H. S." Subject: Re: 1.5.18: commands don't work after Cygwin update Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:48:14 -0500 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <438F83CC.8080306@cs.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) In-Reply-To: <438F83CC.8080306@cs.umd.edu> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 Shaun Gittens wrote: > I just upgraded Cygwin on Windows XP. The previous version I was > running (I installed it in Jan 2005) worked fine. Now, post-upgrade, > almost no commands work at the prompt of the bash shell. > > ==== > bash-3.00$ ls > bash: ls: command not found > bash-3.00$ cygcheck > bash: cygcheck: command not found > bash-3.00$ gcc > bash: gcc : command not found > > ==== > > Running setup.exe went off without a hitch for the most part. I'm not > sure what could have gone wrong in the upgrade. Any ideas why this > won't work all of a sudden? > > Thank you for your time. > > Shaun. > Just guesses: Do the above commands exit? Verify by going into cygwin bin dir using Windows explorer? If they do, have you set the PATH variable correctly to point to cygwin bin directory? ->HS -- 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/