X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=UX06 6UKXZuFfcanS2uCz7RUx1rptozn1zSjc92v02E+GpLidqqwUWMoB/WmvJnqV5pek 5ID+syPOcFYQo90HHuF99nsVoD9eGbCSycsVTBU35MXIrLhEu70BCPt/kWWnHYqu qklNdLnVNgv4vyQzSqWm3c6H9ujCVZB8sRhmFc4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=x9YELPRRqS yMc6eNBOqBiZzlBrA=; b=S9APf7Fh8kd1zqxaVG0PvXVxCWoG24e7KNmrRQ/e69 PcXcGBTypHCA+htjAY7awfcot4zwMjpOOEtC5LiWw+DkurmTWkZKoJ+Vzm6REiJu h22CWMWbrGfFoWGYP8TRUnk3yLB6JfPuGADyLMWp07ShbhKnecn4acL6fcJ5l40O A= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SEMBACKSCATTER autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail109.syd.optusnet.com.au Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:51:49 +1000 From: Duncan Roe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Missing strings.exe in binutils Message-ID: <20140601235149.GA16537@dimstar.local.net> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <538BB0D5 DOT 6040203 AT att DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <538BB0D5.6040203@att.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Optus-CM-Score: 0 X-Optus-CM-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=eojmkOZX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=+cDhJlqnNvz9E7c5l3ERGg==:117 a=+cDhJlqnNvz9E7c5l3ERGg==:17 a=y26AOypDAAAA:8 a=PO7r1zJSAAAA:8 a=M1kyBYkWWGkA:10 a=Q7tgAOoNWEgA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=iaFubHWvAAAA:8 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=nfwLgrDO0qKomnlPjW4A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 07:01:41PM -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote: > Hi - > > I have a script within a very complex software package that uses the > "strings" > command. Everything I Googled/read suggests that strings.exe comes from the > binutils package. The problem is that neither of the available versions of > binutils > seem to actually contain strings.exe. It's not in /usr/bin; find can't turn > it up under /usr at all. > > There's even this: > > $ cygcheck -p strings.exe > Found 19 matches for strings.exe > x86/binutils/binutils-2.24.51-2 > x86/binutils/binutils-2.24.51-3 > > And if I go to > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86%2Fbinutils%2Fbinutils-2.24.51$ > this appears: > > 2014-05-29 02:01 709661 usr/bin/strings.exe > > Yet there's no strings.exe. I've even tried binutils packages from a few > different mirrors. > > If there's no fixed binutils package available, can someone shoot me a > strings.exe I can just fly into place for the time being? > > Thanks, > - Jeff > On my Slackware system, binutils comes with strings-GNU. Perhaps you will find you have strings-GNU.exe - if so you could symlink it to strings.exe, Cheers ... Duncan. -- 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