X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Original-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: cygwin@cygwin.com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 724FB3945C1D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=obj-sys.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dcoup@obj-sys.com From: Douglas Coup Subject: Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <092af206-4d4a-28d9-ccdf-bdf2eafe5edd@obj-sys.com> <28a64f9a-3ab1-1c44-2931-967bd39f3bbf@obj-sys.com> <76084aec-81d3-e472-4562-bca3734d2f2b@cs.umass.edu> Message-ID: <55e2f54b-70b3-6333-12d6-6ed6c45b9a45@obj-sys.com> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:40:22 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <76084aec-81d3-e472-4562-bca3734d2f2b@cs.umass.edu> Content-Language: en-US X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server.obj-sys.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - cygwin.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - obj-sys.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: server.obj-sys.com: authenticated_id: dcoup@obj-sys.com X-Authenticated-Sender: server.obj-sys.com: dcoup@obj-sys.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 082HetDZ023386 On 9/2/2020 1:28 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: >> >> On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: >>> >>> But if I use tar from a DOS window ... >>> Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more >>> (unless >>> you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). >>> >>> Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows >>> console-mode >>> program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode >>> single-tasking operating system.) >>> >>> Bill >>> -- >>> Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html >>> FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ >>> Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html >>> Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> >> Yes, a cmd.exe console window. > > Hardly the point :-) ... > > But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the > search path, > and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as > ones earlier on > the path ... > > Best - Eliot Moss > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits.  That folder appears first in the PATH.  But despite that, trying to invoke tar from the cmd window still pops up the window saying cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. Regards, Doug Coup Objective Systems, Inc. REAL WORLD ASN.1 AND XML SOLUTIONS Tel: +1 (484) 875-9841 Fax: +1 (484) 875-9830 Toll-free: (877) 307-6855 (USA only) http://www.obj-sys.com -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple