Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: "Kaufman, Duane (MED, LUNAR)" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: Problems with man Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:09:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi, > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:33:18PM -0500, Kaufman, Duane > (MED, LUNAR) wrote: > >$ man man > >/usr/bin/tbl: not found > >/bin/cat: not found > >/usr/bin/nroff: not found > >/usr/bin/less: not found > >Error executing formatting or display command. > >System command (cd /usr/man && (echo ".pl 1100i"; /bin/cat > >'/usr/man/man1/man.1' > >; echo; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/tbl | > /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc > >| /usr/ > >bin/less -isrR) exited with status 32512. > >No manual entry for man > > Ok, something else to try. From sh, try: > > $ d:/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd > $ /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd > > Does either command work? > Nope: duane AT USD22C821 ~ $ sh \[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ d:/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd d:/cygwin/bin/cat: not found \[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat: not found \[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] But wait! When I try: $ cat /etc/passwd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: . . . duane:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11054:10513:duane,U-LUNARCORP\duane,S-1-5-21- 25853599 -59532045-941767090-1054:/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/duane:/bin/bash \[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ What is going on? It seems as if ash _doesn't_ like the _full_ path (or one beginning with a /), but knows where to find cat and friends (ls, pwd, ...) Thanks, Duane > cgf > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/