"no such file or directory" using 'spawn' on EXPECT

["ROHIT X SINGH" <rxsingh at us dot ibm dot com>]

Hi,

I have installed cygwin(with expect package) on a number of Windows 2000
systems, and on all the systems EXCEPT ONE, I am able to spawn "cmd.exe"
using the following command:

C:\>expect
expect1.1> spawn "C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe" /c echo PLEASEECHO
spawn C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe /c echo PLEASEECHO
2852
expect1.2>
(It works as expected above)

However, on the system which is unable to spawn it, I get the following :

C:\>expect
expect1.1> spawn "C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe" /c echo PLEASEECHO
spawn C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe /c echo PLEASEECHO
couldn't execute "C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe": no such file or directory
    while executing
"spawn "C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe" /c echo PLEASEECHO"
expect1.2>
(I get an error as shown above)

I have checked that cmd.exe does indeed exist at C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe.
I am using expect version 5.26 in all places.
I am facing this problem on the latest installtion that I did off a nasa
mirror yesterday. I tried reinstalling another mirror but faced the same
problem.

Other information: I had initially installed cygwin on D: drive, but later
deleted it from D: drive, and reinstalled on C: drive. Could this be a
cause of this error ? My cygwin PATH points to C:\cygwin\bin

'which sh' points to '/usr/bin/sh'

 I have checked the existence of /bin/sh on all systems.

PLEASE HELP! :-)

Thanks and Regards,
Rohit




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