Message-ID: <915C65C50371D11187AD0000F881B9A401858CC7@bcarua62.ca.nortel.com>
From: "Ian Chapman" <Ian DOT Chapman DOT ichapman AT nt DOT com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: Install BASH shell
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:21:18 -0400
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Thanks Eli,
	the tmpdir was not created by bash.  I had to create it.  Now it
works like a unix machine as far as I've got.

		Regards Ian.

> ----------
> From: 	Eli Zaretskii[SMTP:eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il]
> Sent: 	Sunday, October 04, 1998 6:01 AM
> To: 	Chapman, Ian [CAR:TM14:EXCH]
> Cc: 	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: 	RE: Install BASH shell
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Ian Chapman wrote:
> 
> > My paths are not in autoexec.bat when I start djgpp work(I run a
> > dj.bat to do that).
> 
> You didn't say that, so I had no means of guessing.
> 
> Setting PATH and the DJGPP in AUTOEXEC.BAT *is* the recommended way of
> using DJGPP, even on Windows 9X.  Do you *really* have a grave reason
> to delay that setup until you open the DOS box?
> 
> If you do, then make the command line of the shortcut be "bash.exe -"
> and put the PATH setting into .bash_profile.  I still suggest to set
> the DJGPP variable on AUTOEXEC.BAT, so that Bash itself will see it on
> startup.
> 
> > I'm not even sure if autoexec.bat is run on starting a dos box.
> 
> No, it isn't, but it is run *before* Windows starts, and so the
> settings there are propagated to all programs, including any DOS box
> you open.
> 
> > 	"ls" works and "less file.txt" also works but "ls | less" gives pipe
> > error less not found.
> 
> Seems like TMPDIR is not set correctly.
>