From: willm AT ihug DOT co DOT nz (Will Mooar) Subject: Re: Problem with /bin mount? 10 Jan 1999 23:20:58 -0800 Message-ID: <004501be3d25$0a16c020$c4804dd1.cygnus.gnu-win32@monster> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: , >I can't type configure from the sh prompt or the bash prompt to run a >configure script; I have to type "sh configure" or "bash configure." This is normal for unix (and cygwin) - it only searches for applications to run from the PATH environment variable. If "." is not in the PATH, it won't find configure in the current directory. I have seen people mention that this is generally a bad idea, as it may pose a security threat. Unfortunately, no-one has elaborated why. I can't see why it would be a problem for windows, except that it might accidentally run the wrong thing if two or more programs exist with the same name, but function differently. A simple way to run a program from the current directory is to add "./" to the beginning of the command line, eg. "./configure" Kind regards - Will. - 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".