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Re: nothing is functionning !


--- Didier Vaiser <dva@info.fundp.ac.be> wrote:
> I tried to install cygwin and thought I succeeded 'till...
> When executing cygwin, I get the msdos window with the bash prompt:
> "bash-2.02$"
> And also a warning message: "could not find /tmp, please create!"
> Ok, I read the doc about installation and it's written I have to create
> that directory with the mkdir command... The answer is "command not
> found".

Q: What's the typical reason you get "command not found" when you just know
it's on the disk?

A: It's directory isn't located in the PATH environment variable.

NOTE: Make sure that the Cygwin directory is _first_ in the PATH.  

> A lot of other commands are not functionning neither.
> More and more strange, such commands like ls, mount, ... have
> functionned in the past but only once !
> 
> So what's the next step with that software ?
> 

Please read my webpages.

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