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Re: Bash wont recognize any commands


Once you find where cygcheck actually is using Windows Explorer's find file
facility, you can execute it by giving the exact directory location.  For
example if it is in c:\some_other_dir\, you should be able to run it in the
MSDOS shell by typing:
   c:\some_other_dir\cygcheck -s -r

You should also be able to execute it from bash as:
   c:/some_other_dir/cygcheck -s -r

/bin and /usr/bin should be the same directory (normally c:\cygwin\bin) if
your mounts are correct; the same applies to /lib and /usr/lib.  I recommend
deleting your entire installation and using setup.exe to "Install from
Internet" into the default location (c:\cygwin\).  You probably should
remove all the registry entries under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus
Solutions" and "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions" first.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Elliott" <celliott@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 18:40
Subject: Re: Bash wont recognize any commands


> Well, see. Nothing works. I cant even use cygcheck.. Heheh. Um, I can
however,
> use any of the commands that are default in the cygwin/bin directory (eg.
find,
> byacc, locate, time. And obviously exit and logout). Even if I move
something
> into that directory it wont recognize it. Thats what I found strange. I
cant run
> anything besides those few commands that the executable resides in the
/bin
> directory by default. Everything else is in /usr/bin. Im using the latest
> version of everything. Downloaded I have ash, cygwin, gcc, make,
fileutils,
> binutils, and a few others. I downloaded just what I needed for
compilation of
> C/C++ source code since Im on a modem :)
>
> For example, when I start up bash, it says:
> BASH: id: command not found.
> BASH: mkdir: command not found.
>
> And those commands are in usr/bin as they should be. Ive tried changing my
> DOS/Windows (whatever you want to call it) PATH in many different
combinations
> and nothing works correctly. I can get the commands to work under a DOS
prompt,
> but they dont work correctly (for some reason they cant call each other
> recursively, nor does it look in the right place for the commands).
However
> changing this path seemed to have no effect on Bash, so I assume it is
> non-relevant. Everything is default as it is when installed.



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