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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:40:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Leonard Williams wrote:

> Intro--I'm not much of computer wiz--I just follow instructions (a
> little like the dumb box itself, I guess!).  I could not find relevant
> answers in the cygwin archives.
>
>         I have been using the bash shell for compiling programs in c
> since fall of 2002 (version?).  Sometime before a hard-drive crash I had
> loaded the program onto a 750 MB Zip disk and was able to run it from
> there.  Since reloading Win 98 onto my computer, however, I can no
> longer run the bash shell:  I get an error message:
>
>         warning: could not find  /tmp, please create!
>         bash-2.05b$
>
>         How, and where, do I create the tmp directory?  Do I need to
> edit the cygwin.bat file on the disk?  Apparently, the Zip disk version
> was still dependent on something on my hard drive which is no longer
> present.  How can I correct this to make the program stand-alone from
> the Zip disk?
>
>         Related to this:  Can I put the program onto a CD and run it
> from there, or does it require writeable sectors to function?

Try to help yourself.  Google can work wonders if you know the right
key words.  Try "tmp mount CD TEMP site:cygwin.com" to get started.

Also see "man mount".

Report back with what you find and what you're still confused about :-).

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Brian Ford
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