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Re: Installation


/ "Scott Taylor" <scott.taylor@4i-dotcom.com> wrote:
| OK got locate working, but there seems to be something wrong in general with
| calling commands.
|
| "ls -l" works fine but...
| "ls -l | more" does not

What error do you get?? I assume command not found.. basically there
are no more that comes with cygwin.. but there should be a less.. 

| Also, I wanted to install cygipc but it gives me the following:
|
| $ tar -C/ -xjf cygipc-1.13-2.tar.bz2

Hmm doesn't it look for cygipc-1.13-2.. in / now?? Try to do a 
cd /
tar -xjf [pathtocygipc]/cyg...


| tar (child): cygipc.1.13-2.tar.bz2: cannot open: no such file or directory
| tar (child): error not recoverable: exiting now
| tar: Child returned status 2
| tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
|
| The file "tar.exe" is in my bin directory...why can't it see it?

tar.exe you have cd'd to some other subdir.

        /Andy

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