X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EXECUTABLE_URI X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C743249.9020103@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:57:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: P4 can't find the TMP directory? References: <8B2AE934D71765479BFD241BC9F8005671A8241C AT US01WXMBX1 DOT internal DOT synopsys DOT com> <4C742D2F DOT 3020403 AT bopp DOT net> In-Reply-To: <4C742D2F.3020403@bopp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 On 8/24/2010 4:35 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > On 8/24/2010 3:28 PM, Mathew Shember wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Trying to simply do a p4 client and will receive this message: >> >> $ p4 client >> CreateProcess: "vim" "C:\DOCUME~1\nasinteg\LOCALS~1\Temp\t3428t76.tmp": The system ca >> nnot find the file specified. >> >> Client side operation(s) failed. Command aborted. >> >> >> I verified the configs for perforce and they are correct. >> >> The path info is the basic windows env for XP. >> >> I've tried playing with the paths but no luck. > > "vim" is located in /usr/bin and is actually symlink to > /etc/alternatives/vim, and that is in turn a symlink to > /usr/bin/gvim.exe. The problem is that Windows-native programs don't > know about Cygwin symlinks. You'll need to configure p4 to run the > gvim.exe file rather than the vim symlink. Or there's the Cygwin-enabled version: It should be noted that: 1. I haven't tried this version recently. It could be hopelessly broken now for all I know. 2. There is no source for the above executable so this is (still) in violation of the GPL AFAICS. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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