Re: Install, sh.exe, and make

[Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>]

--- Steve Zielinski <stevzie@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have recently installed v1.1.  The user's guide states:
> 
> "The /bin directory should contain the shell sh.exe. You have three choices.
> The first is to copy this program from the Cygnus bin directory. The second
> is
> to use mount to mount the Cygnus bin directory to /bin (the advantage of this
> approach is that your PATH will be shorter inside bash). The third is to make
> /bin a symbolic link to the Cygnus bin directory.
> 
> Note that Cygwin comes with two shells: bash.exe and sh.exe, which is based
> on
> ash. The system is faster when ash is used as the non-interactive shell. The
> only functionality supported in ash is that of the traditional sh. In case of
> trouble with ash make sh.exe point to bash.exe."
> 

If you quoted this from where you say you did then it is sorely out of date and
needs some work.  The directories have been restructured so that /bin is
already given.

> I cannot find sh.exe anywhere. Including the ftp download directories.
> 

You'll need to paste the output of `cygcheck -s -r -v' in a mail to the list
(don't send it to me).

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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