RE: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-17 Thread Sandy Pyke
Problem solved! I do have null.sys on my system but it was not listed in the Windows device manager. It somehow got uninstalled. I looked for a while for some manual way to re-install it to no avail, so I re-installed Windows XP. Now cygwin works fine, but just about everything else is broken... I

Re: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-16 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:49:47AM -0400, Sandy Pyke wrote: > > Yeah, gotta admit of all things I never thought 'null' would give me a > > problem. Guess you can say I got a problem with nothing... > > Yeah, obviously :-) > > > As I've mentioned, I ha

Re: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:49:47AM -0400, Sandy Pyke wrote: > Yeah, gotta admit of all things I never thought 'null' would give me a > problem. Guess you can say I got a problem with nothing... Yeah, obviously :-) > As I've mentioned, I have been able to get this working on another machine. > I t

RE: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-16 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 20:49, Sandy Pyke wrote: > > I meant a C:\Cygwin\dev directory. Such directory doesn't > > exist, right? > > That's right. I've checked the entire HD and there is no dev to be found > from explorer. :) > > > There's no error in it. Did you try `ls -l /dev/null'? > > See

Re: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:15:15PM -0400, Sandy Pyke wrote: > See additional info below. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:11 AM > > > > First, in Windows Explorer remove a /dev directory if you > > (

RE: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-15 Thread Sandy Pyke
See additional info below. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:11 AM > > First, in Windows Explorer remove a /dev directory if you > (or any configure script) created one. I've confirmed that there is no /dev

Re: Errors when trying to access /dev/null

2003-10-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:21:37AM -0400, Sandy Pyke wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to Cygwin and I've run across a problem. I have installed Cygwin on > two different Windows XP Pro machines and one is working fine and the other > is not. On both machines I did a Default installation plus some