bash problem b17.1 under Windows NT 4/NTFS
Jim Balter
jqb@netcom.com
Tue Mar 18 09:38:00 GMT 1997
David Shochat wrote:
>
> Jim Balter wrote:
> >
> > Mark Levine wrote:
> > >
> > > I am running b17.1 under Windows NT 4.0.
> > >
> > > The following command sequence when run under bash fails when running on an
> > > NTFS file system:
> > >
> > > % cat >foo <<EOF
> > > > aaa
> > > > bbb
> > > > EOF
> > > bash.exe: 49069028: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > The file foo is created but it is empty, the number in the error messages
> > > sometimes is different, last few digits change.
> > >
> > > The above works fine on a FAT file system partition.
> > >
> > > As a result of this problem I can not build any of the GNU software from
> > > source because the configure script will fail because of this problem.
> >
> > The FAQ! The FAQ! I haven't read the FAQ! No time to waste, I must
> > make haste, no time to read the FAQ!
> >
> > In other words, mkdir /tmp
> >
> Although this is certainly a question which is asked and answered
> frequently, I just went looking for it in the FAQ and can't find it
> there. Maybe it's hiding in the answer to some other question?
Yr right; the FAQ only mentions /tmp under byacc.
I guess Cygnus is too busy trying to woo potential licensees for their
POSIX product-to-be away from Softway's OpenNT to update the FAQ.
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<J Q B>
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