From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: questions about user tools 26 Nov 1997 21:51:55 -0800 Message-ID: <19971126140811.22913.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: dougb AT intuit DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi Doug, I'm sorry you don't have time to do what you need to do. To solve your ls problem do ls ./ Let me point you to: ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/ http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro/ http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~colin/gcc.html http://www.itribe.net/virtunix/winhelp-man-pages/ - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:24:59 -0500 >From: Doug Bunting >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: questions about user tools > >Hi, > >I'm sorry to be sending this message directly to the developers, rather >than viewing the mailing list. I just don't have time to go though all >of those messages. I'm perfectly willing to follow links to particular >messages, if relevant... > >I'm having a couple of problems with the beta 18 user tools I've used so >far: > >1) I don't see a way to get a directory listing of the current drive. >If I'm on the e: drive (for example) and enter "ls /", I'll see a >listing of the c:/ directory. Is there some work around without using >"ls e:/"? > >2) I also downloaded and installed less330-cygwin32.zip. It seems to >work (start up) a bit faster than the standalone less. Unfortunately, >all of the text searches seem to fail without warning -- making the "/" >and "?" commands useless (even when searching for plain text). Should I >go back to the standalone tool? Or, is there a work-around? Do you >know of a more recent version? > >2a) This version of less also seems to have a rather bizarre keyboard >mapping. Backspace and Delete keys *both* do nothing useful -- >Backspace enters ^H and Delete does nothing. > >3) I noticed a number of references to environment variables on Sergey >Okhapkin's web page. Most of them seemed to deal with the development >tools (most of which don't interest me today). But, is there a listing >somewhere of the environment variables which may be used to control the >beta 18 user tools? > >3a) I'd also appreciate a description of how to make tcsh or bash my >primary DOS shell under Windows 95. > >4) How would I download just the CygWin gmake, dmake or make tool? That >will be useful when I start developing Perl scripts on this system. > >5) Under Windows 95, the mkgroup and mkpasswd tools do not work. Is >there anything else to be aware of in this environment? > >6) How would I find the ports of man and the [gnt]roff tools mentioned >in your FAQ? There are no links for most of these tools. Anything >which makes the *.info and *.[135] files you provide more readable >(short of using NT emacs which is sometimes slow and may require moving >files around) would be appreciated. > >By the way, the tools are installed in the default location. I've only >modified the configuration by adding a mount point: > mount C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32 /usr > >thanx, > doug >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".