X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:17:50 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Fwd: md5sum using Cygwin in Windows Message-ID: <20080623231750.GB10962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <85bc5e0a0806230214v72b2f28aoc6fa700521d4af1f@mail.gmail.com> <85bc5e0a0806231440m5cfa1b53q9dbb63cfba616bf0@mail.gmail.com> <85bc5e0a0806231442r2eab9420q957f2a08a269875a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <85bc5e0a0806231442r2eab9420q957f2a08a269875a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 02:42:49PM -0700, Ben wrote: >Removed my HTML to send this off... It is not important for anyone to know this. >The Ubuntu help says that if you download Cygwin (link: >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM), you can follow the >Linux directions. I'm using the Cygwin shell and it is not working. I >downloaded the file to C. I type: > >cd C:\ > >So far, so good. The (zippied) file ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso is >sitting in C:\. So I type: > >md5sum ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso > >"No such file or directory." > >Ah well. Cygwin does not seem to be a very newbie-friendly >application. "Help cd" offers one a starkly technical little >paragraph. Incidentally, how does one even go to the Desktop directory >(which lies at C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\Desktop for me) with >Cygwin? Whenever you put in a space, Cygwin seems to reject it. Hmm. Just got a similar question on irc a while ago. Cygwin doesn't use : or \. Use: cd "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Ben/Desktop" And, btw, your "newbie-friendly" comment shows that you apparently have no idea what Cygwin is and possibly have no idea what Linux is all about. The project is geared towards people who understand a UNIX(tm) environment. If that isn't you, then it's hard to see why you're dabbling with Ubuntu. cgf -- 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/