In the /bin directory are all the bash commands that you use in a typical unix shell...correct? Then why can I use a command like "ls -l" and not "locate" which both reside in /bin?
This is usually a PATH issue in a normal unix environment, but I believe my PATH is fine. (i.e. PATH=C:\cygwin\bin) $ ls -l total 420 drwxr-xr-x 3 scott Ta unknown 0 Jan 14 18:51 bin (lists all the directories) $ man ls BASH: man: command not found $ locate cygwin.bat locate: /usr/var/locatedb: no such file or directory Does this make sense now? Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Markebo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Installation > / "Scott Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | As I have previously mentioned, I can run commands like "ls -l" but not ones > | like "locate". These commands both seem to appear in /bin, which is in my > | PATH. > | > | What how is this possible and what can I do? > > Ehh? Take this from the beginning?? You can run "ls -l" and it > works.. and you wonder why?? Or do you think it is an error? > > Give a copy'n'paste from your prompt and show what happens, tell what > you expected to happen? > > /Andy > > | > | Scott > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | To: "Scott Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:00 PM > | Subject: Re: Installation > | > | > |> Please keep replies on the mailing list. > |> > |> Scott Taylor wrote: > |> > OK thanks. But what is the problem with running certain commands like > |> > "locate"? The bin directory is in my PATH. > |> > |> What is what problem? I'm not psychic. > |> > |> > Also, can I assume that because there is the postgresql.exe > |> > application in /bin, that PostgreSQL has been installed. I never > |> > built it with cygipc as instructed. > |> > |> PostgreSQL is a bit of an exception. It is the only package which depends > | on > |> software outside the main Cygwin distro. You *need* cygipc for postgresql > | to > |> work. > |> > |> Max. > |> > |> > |> -- > |> 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/ > |> > | > | > > -- > The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! > -- 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/
