X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:59:11 +0200 From: Shai To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: path and .exe issue after initial installation In-Reply-To: <00df01c85dc1$a55c2590$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <00df01c85dc1$a55c2590$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Could it be that the package/s have been downloaded badly? I've asked Cygwin to first download without installing the packages to my local server and only then ran the cygwin installation and asked it to install from the local downloaded directory. If a package was broken, would I know about this? Shai On Jan 23, 2008 3:12 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > On 23 January 2008 13:06, Shai wrote: > > > when trying > > to run any command I get a "command not found" type result. > > > Now, if I cd /bin and type the command ./ls.exe I get the list of the > > directory, but if I try something like ./cvs.exe .. I get the bash > > again. Meaning, no output. > > > $ /bin/cvs.exe --help also shows no output and just jumps to the next > > line in bash. > > > Any ideas why this fresh install isn't working as expected? > > Could be an error during install left you with one or more missing files, > these symptoms are very typical of a missing DLL. Run "cygcheck /bin/cvs.exe" > to find out, it'll tell you if anything's missing. If so, you should be able > to fix it by just running setup.exe again and clicking 'next' all the way > through without changing the settings; it'll verify your installation and > repair/replace anything that's missing. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/