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Subject: Re: "command not found"-For All Commands
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physicist25 wrote:
>
> Hello, I have recently downloaded cygwin with the hope of learning c++ for
> school.....the download completed with no problems at all. I installed some
> packages such as gcc4, util-linux, ncurses devel, pcre devel, openssl devel,
> zlib devel, mintty etc.
>
> Some Info:
> -My machine is a Toshiba L505 Satellit running Windows 7 Ultimate.
> -My programming experiance is limited to MATLAB
>
> Now my problem is that I get the response "command not found" for any
> commands other than echo on/off. I googled my heart away and found some
> articles that I think are related, as a result I added a path to cygwins bin
> by going through control panel. I didnt seem to work.
>
> Some issues I found in common with others on the web is that typing
> -sh-3.2# ls
> -sh: ls: command not found
> -sh-3.2#

How are you invoking your Cygwin session?

Andy

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