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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:49:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Benedykt <kb2qzv AT poczta DOT wp DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: fresh install and yet unoperable
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Benedykt wrote:

> I know, I know. I should have read the FAQ and the Documentation. I have.
> And yet, a fresh install (yesterday) is not working on windows XP.
> It is about /etc/profile that is missing, which results in PATH not being set.
> cygwin.bat does not have any PATH  set either.
>
> In the /etc dir I only have /etc/defaults/etc/profile.
> Why hasn't it been created in the /etc directory?

It looks like the postinstall script for the base-files package wasn't run
correctly...

> If I put PATH=c:\cygwin\bin in the cygwin.bat file I can issue commands from the
> /usr/bin directory but other environment settings do not work. /home/<username> does
> not exist, etc.
>
> Any hints will be much appreciated
> Thank you.
> Benedict

Please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, especially the bit about attaching (as
an uncompressed text *attachment*) the output of "cygcheck -svr", which
will contain some information that would be helpful in diagnosing your
problem.
	Igor
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