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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 20:41:59 -0400
From: Robert Pendell <shinji257 AT gmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: My info command has stopped working some time
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I've noticed this too but if you guys tell me which package that info
is located in then I will try to reinstall the package and see if it
does anything for me.

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:08:33 -0500, DePriest, Jason R.
<jrdepriest AT ftb DOT com> wrote:
> On Friday, August 06, 2004 5:59 PM, zzapper wrote
> 
> > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:02:01 +0100,  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I can do
> >>
> >>> info --help
> >>
> >> but typing
> >>
> >>> info
> >> or
> >>> info
> >> brings
> >>
> >> info: dir: No such file or directory
> >>
> >> Havn't needed info for a while so don't know when it broke
> >>
> >> zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
> >
> > info -f /usr/info/grep
> >
> > But if I set INFOPATH to /usr/info/ that doesn't help
> >
> > info grep
> > zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
> 
> Info works fine for me.
> Typing in
> $ info
> gives me this:
> File: dir,      Node: Top       This is the top of the INFO tree
> 
>   This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
>   Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here,
>   "h" gives a primer for first-timers,
>   "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc.
> 
>   In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross
> reference
>   to select it.
> 
> * Menu:
> 
> Miscellaneous
> * File utilities: (fileutils).  GNU file utilities.
> * chgrp: (fileutils)chgrp invocation.           Change file groups.
> * chmod: (fileutils)chmod invocation.           Change file permissions.
> * chown: (fileutils)chown invocation.           Change file
> owners/groups.
> * cp: (fileutils)cp invocation.                 Copy files.
> * dd: (fileutils)dd invocation.                 Copy and convert a file.
> * df: (fileutils)df invocation.                 Report filesystem disk
> usage.
> * dir: (fileutils)dir invocation.               List directories
> briefly.
> * dircolors: (fileutils)dircolors invocation.   Color setup for ls.
> * du: (fileutils)du invocation.                 Report on disk usage.
> * install: (fileutils)install invocation.       Copy and change
> attributes.
> * ln: (fileutils)ln invocation.                 Make links between
> files.
> * ls: (fileutils)ls invocation.                 List directory contents.
> * mkdir: (fileutils)mkdir invocation.           Create directories.
> * mkfifo: (fileutils)mkfifo invocation.         Create FIFOs (named
> pipes).
> * mknod: (fileutils)mknod invocation.           Create special files.
> * mv: (fileutils)mv invocation.                 Rename files.
> * rm: (fileutils)rm invocation.                 Remove files.
> * rmdir: (fileutils)rmdir invocation.           Remove empty
> directories.
> * shred: (fileutils)shred invocation.           Remove files more
> securely.
> * sync: (fileutils)sync invocation.             Synchronize memory and
> disk.
> * touch: (fileutils)touch invocation.           Change file timestamps.
> * vdir: (fileutils)vdir invocation.             List directories
> verbosely.
> 
> -----Info: (dir)Top, 36 lines
> --All-------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> Welcome to Info version 4.2. Type C-h for help, m for menu item.
> 
> Do you have the pinfo program installed?
> 
> If so, what does it do when you try to run it?
> 
> If not, you can install it with the setup.exe program and see if it
> works but info still doesn't.
> 
> -Jason
> 
> PS - I apologize in advance for the legal disclaimer at the bottom of my
> email message.  This is tacked on by our SMTP gateway and I have no
> control over it.
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