From: Sch5750 AT aol DOT com Subject: (no subject) 20 Nov 1998 09:17:13 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Dear sirs: > I recently dowloaded a copy of cygwin B20. When I execute it gives me a >warning of "cannot find /tmp,please create" I went into the read me file and >it says to type in 'makdir -p/tmp' (from command.com) I get an error of >cannot create file. Am I supposed to be doing this from a dos prompt or from >the actual bash window. I've tried both and get the same message. Any help >would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of trying to learn th "c" >language and need to figure out how to get the compiler to work. Sincerly, Fred Schramm - 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".