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From: david AT adboyd DOT com (J. David Boyd)
Subject:  Re: 7/12/2005 .. install doesn't work
Date:  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:03:29 -0400
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Matthew Lenz <matthew AT nocturnal DOT org> writes:

> I've tried installing a few times (cleaned system: removal of all cygwin
> directories/files plus regedit key removals) and each time i launch the
> cygwin.bat i just end up at a bash prompt in the /usr/bin directory.
> 'ls' is unavailable along with a few other commands.  Is the install
> repo horked right now?  One of the packages broken?  Its not creating a
> home tree like it used to.


What's in your cygwin.bat?

Mine has the following...
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@echo off
set cygwin=tty notitle glob
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i

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And, you mean that you don't have a c:\cygwin\home\ directory?

Dave


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