Eddy Boxerman wrote: > > I tried to download cygwin and do a local install. This failed, so > I uninstalled (deleted links, directories & registry entries) and > tried a direct from internet install. It seems that no matter what > options I choose, I get an error (see subject or below). > > OS: Win98 > > Below is an extract from the setup.log.full: > > Thanks, > Eddy > > get_url_to_file > ftp://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/release/ash/ash-20020731-1.tar.bz2 > C:\/ftp%3a%2f%2farchive.progeny.com%2fcygwin/release/ash/ash-20020731-1.tar. > bz2.tmp > ftp > 226 Transfer complete. > ftp > 227 Entering Passive Mode (216,37,55,114,225,181) > ftp > 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for > '/cygwin/release/ash/ash-20020731-1.tar.bz2' (46081 bytes). > 2002/10/17 14:00:34 mbox fatal: Can't open > C:\/ftp%3a%2f%2farchive.progeny.com%2fcygwin/release/ash/ash-20020731-1.tar. > bz2.tmp for writing: No such file or directory > 2002/10/17 14:00:35 Ending cygwin install
Not sure about the relevance here, but those directory names are normally not accessible from the DOS command line, because the '%' specify an environment variable. It can be handled in 4dos because there is an escape char. to force them through. Wildcarding can also penetrate them. -- Chuck F ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> USE worldnet address! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
