X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: "Richard Stern" To: "CYGWIN ADMIN" Subject: CYGWIN UNIX FILE PATH LEAVES FILES UNDELETABLE THROUGH WIN7 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:53:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com I'm a new user and just recently tried to install cygwin 1.7.5, after installing JAVA NetBeans. I wanted to install the C++ packages along with Python. Below is a sample of what occurred. copied from the output of... cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out ----------------------------- 2010/08/08 06:44:15 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gcc4-core.sh 2010/08/08 06:44:19 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2010/08/08 06:48:34 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gtk2.0.sh 2010/08/08 06:48:44 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2010/08/08 07:11:53 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh 2010/08/08 07:40:39 can't run /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh: No such file 2010/08/08 07:41:00 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gcc4-core.sh 2010/08/08 07:41:03 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2010/08/08 07:41:03 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gtk2.0.sh 2010/08/08 07:41:12 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2010/08/08 07:41:12 Changing gid to Administrators 2010/08/08 08:25:10 note: Installation Complete 2010/08/08 08:25:10 Ending cygwin install ----------------------------- I had uninstalled the total cygwin package by deleting all the directories made for this software, because cygwin did not show in the list of installed programs in the "Control Panel" utility "Programs & Features" in Windows 7 OS. After the deletions, only one directory and file were unable to be deleted, the file named " nul " in the directory " dev ". A popup window notified me of the problem but was not specific. After much brainstorming, I booted up into a LINUX environment, located the /my Cplus dir/dev/nul directory and file. Using the file manager, I was able to delete the items. I have read & browsed much of the documentation, at the moment, that's possible and tried to be sure this issue hasn't been covered. I believe that is the case. I'm a retired NASA contractor. UNIX System Administrator for Real-Time Systems being one of my task, I hope this has given me enough knowledge to know when I need further assistance. I tried to subscribe to the cygwin.com mailing list. But the email returned with an unknown address error. I have recheck this address cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com and still returns a failure notice. Thank You for your time for reading this and any assistance you may offer. Richard Stern -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple