From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: pipe error
Date: 28 Apr 1998 10:59:11 GMT
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merser (merser AT image DOT dk) wrote:
> Running BASH it ain't possible to use a pipe, eg:
> ls -l -a | more
> Bash comes up with the following
>     bash: pipe error: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
> Until very recently this did work. Pipes works fine when running
> command.com.
> I just can't figure out what's wrong.

My guess would be, that your TMPDIR-variable (where Bash puts its
temporary files) points to a nonexisting directory.

Try `echo $TMPDIR' in Bash. Maybe you removed %DJDIR%/TMP?

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