RE: ID command returns mkgroup

2009-11-12 Thread Dexter_Michael
com/acronyms/#TOFU> Reformatted. On 11/11/2009 05:32 PM, Dexter_Michael wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: On Behalf >> Of Larry Hall (Cygwin) >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:22 PM >> To: <http://cygwi

ID command returns mkgroup

2009-11-11 Thread Dexter_Michael
Hi, I opened cygwin and typed "id" and I noticed the word mkgroup was listed two times after my username. So I search on this error and found the following command to fix: mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group But now when I run id I get a totally different result.  It seems

RE: 1.5.25-15: bash.exe hangs forever

2009-09-02 Thread Dexter_Michael
Have you tried typing exit first? Alt+F4 seems aggressive to me. I know it works but I have always been taught to exit my shells. -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Reed Wang Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:16 AM To: cy

RE: Re: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Andrew, I think you hit the nail on the head. Apparently yesterday when I entered the path /usr/bin/perl somewhere, Cygwin decided to create a perl directory and automatically put profile files into the directory it created. .bash_history .bash_profile .bashrc .inputrc I moved the "perl" dire

RE: Re: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Quoting Windows Style path names does work. -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:39 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: and...@defaria.com Subject: Re: Re: Changing HOME for PERL On Thu, Aug

RE: Re: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Yes that is SolidState Perl on the C drive. /usr/bin is in the front. dex...@usendexteml1c /usr/bin/perl $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/EMC/Centera/4_0/GlobalServices/lib:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/EMC/Centera/4_0/GlobalService s/bin:/cygdrive/c

RE: Re: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Hi Andrew, It seems my Cygwin has attached itself to the PERL on my C drive and not the cygwin Perl. How do I change that? Also debugger seemed to work too. dex...@usendexteml1c /usr/bin $ which perl /cygdrive/c/PERL/BIN/perl dex...@usendexteml1c /usr/bin $ which Perl /cygdrive/c/PERL/BIN/Per

RE: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Ok Jeremy, Thanks for the information. Mike -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Bopp Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:53 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Changing HOME for PERL dexter_mich...@emc.com wrote: > Befor

RE: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
OK as you and Larry kindly suggest I will go back to basics and re-look at the problem report. Please know that I did read the Cygwin site carefully before submitting so as to not upset and to also respect the folks out here. Before I go and end this thread can you tell me if the Perl.exe I have

RE: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-27 Thread Dexter_Michael
Ok passwd is using the original /cygdrive/h now I have removed the HOME user env variable from Windows. When I open Cygwin I am sitting in /cygdrive/h dex...@usendexteml1c ~ $ pwd /cygdrive/h I have run dos2unix on my file. I can verify this because now when I open the file in UltraEdit I get t

RE: Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-26 Thread Dexter_Michael
Hi Larry, Thanks for the response. My reply to Jeremy a moment ago should help clear up what I need as it includes the error I got yesterday and how I made it go away being tied to the SHEBANG line. Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwi

Changing HOME for PERL

2009-08-26 Thread Dexter_Michael
Hello, I installed Cygwin yesterday and when I run it and look at "pwd" my path is set to: /cygdrive/h I read the FAQ and when I type "set HOME" from a Windows CLI, it is set to: HOME=H:\ I am using Cygwin for PERL. I just took a PERL course and in class Cygwin was configured for: /usr/bin/