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Re: ls: /: No such file or directory What can I do?


On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Alain Mérigot wrote:

> When I do ls /, I get the message
> ls: /: No such file or directory
> (I have the same behavior with /etc).
> Other pathes are OK (including /cygdrive/x/...
>
> I use cygwin for years and never got such a problem. Before it happened, I
> do not remember to have done a specifically dangerous action.
> Anyway, as my path is set in autoexec.bat (with windows pathes), most
> utilities are still working. Only the ones that requires an access to
> specific files in /usr, /etc ... are broken (latex for instance). So this
> problem may be here for a couple of days.
>
> I have checked the configuration with regedit and it seems correct :
> in /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Cygnus/cygwin/mounts v2/'/', I have flas set
> to 0x0a and native to \cygdrive\e\\cygwin.
>
> So, any idea on waht can be done?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Alain Mérigot

Alain,

Checking the mount settings in the registry is non-portable, the mounts
will not be stored there forever.  Please use "cygcheck -svr" to get
system configuration.  Attaching the output to your message, as per
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, might also be a good idea.

Aside from that, looks like you're missing the "/" mount (the output of
"cygcheck -svr" will confirm or deny my guess).  Did you change users?
Did you upgrade any Cygwin packages recently?
	Igor
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