From: adarsh AT metaphorm DOT com (Adarsh Kochhar) Subject: User Setup & File Operations... 18 Jan 1998 22:19:49 -0800 Message-ID: <01bd2358$fbadaf80$0300a8c0.cygnus.gnu-win32@sahara.metaphorm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "GNU-WIN32" HI! I am a new entrant into the user group of gnu-win32 apps..So,pls bear with my very basic quaestions & do answer them.. Q1: I have bash running in NT machine.How do I create a /etc/passwd & /etc/group files.I already have some users on the machine.Can I keep the same userids, or I need to create new ones?? Q2: Once the users are created, what will be the login procedure ?I dont see any login.exe . Q3: I guess I can set the environment variables using the control panel " system" for each of the users once I am able to get /etc/passwd in place. Am i right? Q4: I have the basic setup running , without ofcourse a .batchrc file.. Now, I am trying to compile & execute a simple code using file operations, but I get some un-comprehendable run-time errors.Following is the listing of my code: ===================================== #include void main() { FILE *fptr=NULL; printf("Hi World! - This is Adarsh\n"); system("date"); fopen("Adarsh","w"); fprintf(fptr,"HI THERE!!"); fflush(fptr); fclose(fptr); } ===================================== I have noticed that it does create a zero byte file in the name of "Adarsh" , but gives an exception after that I guess.Also the same piece of code gives a warning, as if I am trying to declare the function "system()" inside the function "main()".Why does this happen.Is there a header file to be included? Also is there a header file to be included for the file operations??Are all file operations supported.Where can I find help on that?? That's all for the moment. Hope u will help me out. -Adarsh Kochhar adarsh AT metaphorm DOT 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".