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Re: bash: tar: command not found
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According to Cheney, Christian on 4/12/2007 9:21 AM:
>>> How about running /usr/bin/tar? Sounds like you just don't have the
>>> PATH set up correctly?
> Unfortunately, there is nothing in the /usr/bin/ directory. Thanks,
> anyhew.
In a default cygwin install, there is nothing in Windows equivalent to the
/usr/bin directory, because cygwin sets up a mount so that /usr/bin points
to the same place as /bin. Are you trying to use tar in a Windows cmd
shell, or in bash? Either way, have you checked that your PATH is correct?
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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