Well, I made another big step in figuring this one out: First, I discovered that "/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/as.exe" is only 26 bytes in size, and "/usr/bin/zipinfo.exe" is only 20 bytes in size. I thought that was odd, so I reinstalled the "unzip" package stored my hard drive, and then ran "zipinfo". It worked just fine! When I typed "ls -l zipinfo", I noticed "zipinfo.exe" was now marked as a symlink pointing to "/usr/bin/unzip.exe", which, as I now recall, is the way it's supposed to be, right?
At this point, I did a "cat /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe". Look at what I found: !<symlink>/usr/bin/as.exe\0 I'm going to take a wild guess here and say this file is also supposed to be a symlink, but isn't seen that way by the system. If I knew which package this particular file was located (Hint-hint, maybe a little help here someone?), I could re-install that package. Now, if someone could figure out why this symlink isn't being seen as a symlink by my system, we might make some more progress. I'm afraid I just don't know enough about unix file-system mechanics or how there implemented via Cygwin to do much about that last part. I don't know if this is relevant, but a few minutes ago, I ran my Symantec/Norton System Check program. It came back telling me that there was some kind of problem with c:\cygwin\...\X11\X.lnk. When I looked at the file's properties in the Windows File Properties Dialog Box, it was blank for both the "working directory" field and the "program" field. I thought I'd better leave it alone. I know I read somewhere that Cygwin can somehow use and/or modify standard ".lnk" files for it's own use using some kind of "trick" that lets both Windows and Cygwin use the link. I didn't understand it at the time. I don't understand it now. I don't know if this has something to do with the problem. I hope that someone can help me with this problem, and I'll try to keep this list posted (no pun intended) with any breakthroughs on my part. TTFN! ===== Sincerely, Aaron J. Outhier [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
