>> Try removing /bin from your path entirely. > I'd rather suggest removing /usr/bin
> -- > WBR, > Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 31.05.2014, <22:59> _____ Tried that too (set PATH to just /bin) - same result. Where is spawn normally located? Is it possible that the library file that normally contains it is actually missing, mis-located or corrupted, so that spawn can't be found? Is there a workaround, possibly involving fork() and exec()? I gather that spawn() is not POSIX-compliant (CMIIW - correct me if I'm wrong). David Friedman (re-originator of this thread) -- 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