X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A9723A0.7060303@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:24:00 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dye1146@sbcglobal.net, Cygwin List Subject: Re: fresh install, tcsh problems References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 08/27/2009 06:35 PM, Ken R. Dye wrote: > > On a recent fresh install of cygwin, I had problems with > getting the tcsh shell to work. "if: Expression Syntax". > > I figured out to invoke it with -V to be verbose on the > system scripts and found a issue with > /etc/profile.d/complete.tcsh having problems with home > directory names that have spaces in them, and since windows > home directories reside in "Documents and Settings" this > should be a problem with *every* install. This isn't true. '/etc/profile' shows how Cygwin decides what your home directory is. Only if there is no HOME set in your Windows environment and no home directory specified in '/etc/profile' for your user will you end up with the results of $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH. On XP, this will get you into the realm of "Documents and Settings". For Vista and later, HOMEPATH does not contain spaces. > A little googling on the problem found this: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00701.html > > so the problem/fix was reported in April 2008. And indeed fixed. But you'll need to move to the upcoming 1.7 release to get it. > Is this cygwin's way of saying "you should be using bash"? You're not using bash? Are you ill? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple