From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: Where to install gnu-win32... 6 Sep 1998 14:55:37 -0700 Message-ID: <70J5o6pppfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: <117E611CDA2DD1118F38006097D2F7140A62BD AT ntserver DOT stelnj DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com ALI RON [ALIR AT STELNJ DOT COM] wrote: [...] >The "man" & "info" directories are missing. >Do you know where they can be found? There are no man pages included in usertools and cdk.exe, so you have to get usertools-man.tar.gz or cdk-man.tar.gz - besides that, you also have to get man, ncurses, less, groff, ... from somewhere else. They are all missing in the standard packages. [...] >In the command, "mount -b //d/usr /usr", >what is the significance of "//", is it necessary? /// is the POSIX syntax for :/ - so it is really necessary for POSIX aware programs. > >The only file in the etc directory is termcap. Although >mkpasswd.exe & mkgroup.exe, in /bin, display what >appear to be valid info, the text files don't exist. You have to use mkpasswd and mkgroup to *create* /etc/passwd and /etc/group - they don't display the contents of these files, but information from the NT SAM ! > >How do I produce the /var/log & /var/run files. >Should /var be directly under /usr, or in /etc? It can be wherever you want, as long as you mount it to the correct place, which is indeed /var. > >HOME is set to /usr, but the bash commands "cd", and >"cd ../etc", and "ls ../etc" return ": permission denied". HOME should be, wherever your private files reside - perhaps in //z/ ? > >And. why is bash so slow? unset MAILCHECK export MAILCHECK > >Thanks much for your help. >Ronald Ali Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de | WWW http://aquarius.franken.de/ - 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".