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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:43:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: nothing is functionning !
To: didier DOT vaiser AT info DOT fundp DOT ac DOT be, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Didier Vaiser <dva AT info DOT fundp DOT ac DOT be> wrote:
> I tried to install cygwin and thought I succeeded 'till...
> When executing cygwin, I get the msdos window with the bash prompt:
> "bash-2.02$"
> And also a warning message: "could not find /tmp, please create!"
> Ok, I read the doc about installation and it's written I have to create
> that directory with the mkdir command... The answer is "command not
> found".

Q: What's the typical reason you get "command not found" when you just know
it's on the disk?

A: It's directory isn't located in the PATH environment variable.

NOTE: Make sure that the Cygwin directory is _first_ in the PATH.  

> A lot of other commands are not functionning neither.
> More and more strange, such commands like ls, mount, ... have
> functionned in the past but only once !
> 
> So what's the next step with that software ?
> 

Please read my webpages.

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Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cygwin Newbies, please visit
<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>
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