On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 9:43 PM Prof. Luis G. Uribe C. via Cygwin wrote: > > *Bogotá, Sunday April 2nd, 2023* > > *REF: 'tac' trying to use "/tmp"; Error: not found* > *_______________________________________________________* > *| 'tac' utility dies with a not found "/tmp" error. |* > *¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯* > I didn't see this problem in older 'tac' versions... > > I created "/tmp" under my root directory: > * "c:\tmp"* (Windows 10), *to no avail*. > > I make a *tmp* dir directly *above*, in the *parent's 'tac' dir*: > *"../tmp"*, at the same level as other usual folders like: > *bin*, *dev*, *etc*, *lib*, *sbin*..., > and now: *'**tac' works fine**!*
The expectation for the existence of /tmp directory is well founded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard I assume by accident your installation pruned the directory. I will not be surprised if other programs also complain, not only tac > Best regards, > > *Eng. Luis G. Uribe C.* > Regards Marco -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
