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Re: 1.7.11-1 Update returns non-zero exit codes for coreutils
Brian Wilson <wilson <at> ds.net> writes:
>
> > > While I can run the Cygwin terminal window, there appears to be a very
serious
> > > issue as I can't run commands like "cd", "ls", or "cygcheck" either.
> >
> > Can you tell us what this means? How did you determine that you can't run
these commands?
>
> I opened the cygwin terminal and got the usual shell prompt. I entered
the "cd" or "ls" commands and got a
> command not found error. I echoed
> $PATH and saw that the path didn't look correct (which is why I assume the
commands couldn't be found). I
> would have expected to see /usr/bin and
> /usr/local/bin in the path somewhere. I didn't try giving the full path to
these commands to see if the
> commands would have worked (I assume they
> would, but will confirm tonight).
>
> I opened an Explorer session and went to C:\cygwin\bin and I could see the
ls.exe and cygcheck.exe files
> were present so I presumed the issue was
> with the $PATH not being set correctly.
>
> > > I can't run cygcheck or I would try to give the output as an attachment.
> >
> > So you're saying c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe doesn't run from cmd.exe?
> > True for c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe too? What feedback do you get?
>
> I got the command not found error when I tried to run cygcheck from the
shell. Stupidly, I didn't try with the
> full path to the file in the shell.
> I did open a windoz cmd window and ran the cygcheck command. There were
errors (which I didn't bother to
> record of course). I will repeat this
> attempt and send the results this evening.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian S. Wilson
>
>
I just got this exact same thing and tried re-installing coreutils with no
effect. Initially, I had been installing binutils, and was told to restart
because I had left a cygwin console open during the install. Interested to
hear what is known about this (recent) issue.
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