On 17 August 2010 02:26, Buchbinder, Barry wrote: > $ bash --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/mintty.sh > /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/c/Documents and Settings/All > Users/Start Menu/Programs/Cygwin': Permission denied > mkshortcut: Saving "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start > Menu\Programs\Cygwin\mintty.lnk" failed; does the target directory exist? > /bin/chmod: cannot access `/c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start > Menu/Programs/Cygwin/mintty.lnk': No such file or directory > echo $? > 1
Hmm, the test at the top of the script is meant to avoid that, by checking whether the 'All Users/Start Menu/Programs' folder is writable. Any idea why that's saying yes when apparently it isn't writable? Is there a proper way for a postinstall script to find out whether it's an install for all users or "Just Me"? Here's the script for reference: PROGS=$(/bin/cygpath -AP) if [ -w "$PROGS" ]; then /bin/mkdir -p "$PROGS/Cygwin" /bin/mkshortcut -AP -n Cygwin/mintty -a - -d Terminal /bin/mintty.exe /bin/chmod a+r "$PROGS/Cygwin/mintty.lnk" else /bin/mkdir -p "$(/bin/cygpath -P)/Cygwin" /bin/mkshortcut -P -n Cygwin/mintty -a - -d Terminal /bin/mintty.exe fi Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
