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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:36:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Binary operator expected???
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Larry Hall wrote:

> At 05:58 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote:
> >So after about 7 attempts to install cygwin from the web, it finally
> >got all the way through and it's really cool. A couple quick questions,
> >how do I know which commands are available to me (example, I installed
> >the tetris clone, and have no idea how to start it because I cant find
> >the name of the command that starts it)
>
> Probably the easiest thing to do is look it up the package contents at
> <http://cygwin.com/packages/>.  That should provide some clues.  Or you
> can get the same information from 'zcat'ing the <package name>.lst.gz
> file in /etc/setup.

The easiest way is to look at the output of "cygcheck -l <package name>".

> >also, at startup, at the top of the bash shell it says "binary operator
> >expected" is that normal, or do I have a problem on my hands? The shell
> >still works and did I mention that it's really cool?
>
> Yes, you did mention. ;-)  And that it is.
>
> You'd need to provide some details for this because, no, that's not
> normal.  Please read and follow:
>
> <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

Exactly.  Pay especial attention to the bit about attaching the output of
"cygcheck -svr" on your system.

However, this is also most likely not the full error message.  It probably
looks like "bash: line N: [: /cygdrive/c/Documents: binary operator
expected".  At a guess, one of the /etc/profile.d scripts is using an
unquoted variable in a test.  The best way to track this down is to try
running

bash --login -x -c "echo Hi" 2>&1 | less

and searching for "binary operator expected".  The line printed right
before the message is the culprit.  It'll likely look like "++ '[' -d
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Something ']'".

Then scroll backwards to the line that starts with a '+' (it'll probably
look like "+ . /etc/profile.d/something.sh") and that will be the file
that contains the unquoted variable.

HTH,
	Igor
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