download coreutils from the gnu ftp site ./configure -- at first glance appears to configure with no errors make -- at first glance appears to build with no errors
cp stat.exe to /bin or make install ( will attempt to install the just built versions of all coreutils executables -- this would likely NOT be recommended) $ /C/Downloads/coreutils-5.2.1/src/stat /usr/bin/su File: `/usr/bin/su' Size: 29184 Blocks: 29 IO Block: 1024 regular file Device: 58326116h/1479696662d Inode: 45850 Links: 1 Access: (0700/-rwx------) Uid: (11192/Reid.Thompson) Gid: (10513/Domain Users) Access: 2004-07-21 01:29:33.738351300 -0400 Modify: 2003-07-24 01:14:03.001000000 -0400 Change: 2003-08-01 08:10:27.122386500 -0400 reid George wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> On Jul 20 22:06, George wrote: >> >> >>> The 'stat' utility doesn't seem to be part of my Cygwin >>> distribution. Is this an error I've made during the installation or >>> is it simply not included? >>> >>> >> >> It's not included since nobody volunteered to maintain coreutils so >> far. >> >> Corinna >> >> >> > Thanks for the info. Guess there's always sed, awk and cut. ;-) -- 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/
