Thanks Bill, I found a local benefactor as well. It turns out I installed cygwin on the "local version" of my machine. When it was hooked up to the network, my network self somehow lost permission to see my cygwin folder.
Cheers, Steve PS, thanks for the spam advice. -----Original Message----- From: Bill McCormick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:16 AM To: Scott, Steven; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: XP can't see files in /usr/bin C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sl 2500 -fg lightblue -geometry 90x60 -bg midnightblue -sb -tn rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-12" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i > I'm trying to create a shortcut to /usr/bin/rxvt.exe. The only way I > know how to do it is to find rxvt.exe in Windows XP explorer, right > click on it and select "make shortcut." > > The problem: No files show up in the Explorer window. > This is a brand new computer with the latest XP and latest cygwin. > I've set the explorer options so that it doesn't hide any files (e.g. > protected system files). > > Any suggestions? > Steve Scott Here's mine ... C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sl 2500 -fg lightblue -geometry 90x60 -bg midnightblue -sb -tn rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-12" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i BTW, unless you enjoy spam, it's not a good idea to put your e-mail in the message. Bill --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
