RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>I guess the service name has changed? It's still mcshield, but there are several other related services running, including McAfee Framework Service (FrameworkService.exe), and Network Associates Task Manager (vstskmgr.exe). I'm not sure if these caused a problem or not. The following still work

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:09:48PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote: >PCYMTNQREAIYR, especially don't quote cygwin AT cygwin DOT com! > >Jeff Hawk wrote: >>Thorsten Kampe wrote: >>>\cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by >>>the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shoul

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Dave Korn wrote: > On 12 April 2007 18:02, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > > Setup's io_stream uses Cygwin mounts. Thus, once "file:///usr" is > > created, mkdir_p("file:///usr/bin") is a no-op... > > Not on the first ever install, I woulda thunk, since *these* > > create_mount

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 18:46, Igor Peshansky wrote: >> By gum, I think you've got it. I disabled my McAfee VirusScan software, >> and a re-install of tar was successful. Thanks again to all who helped. > > This brings two things to mind: > > 1) Is anyone planning to work on getting some support for

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Cheney, Christian wrote: > >> Are you by any chance running any of: > >>Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component > >>Norton/MacAffee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware > >>Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service > >>Kerio, Agnitum or Z

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
>> Are you by any chance running any of: >>Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component >>Norton/MacAffee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware >>Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service >>Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall >>Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVir

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 18:02, Igor Peshansky wrote: > Setup's io_stream uses Cygwin mounts. Thus, once "file:///usr" is > created, mkdir_p("file:///usr/bin") is a no-op... Not on the first ever install, I woulda thunk, since *these* create_mount ("/", get_root_dir (), istext, issystem); create

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 18:05, Cheney, Christian wrote: > OK, let's start over. I used the uninstall procedures on the website to > completely uninstall the software. I removed all previously downloaded > files, including setup.exe. I downloaded and ran setup.exe, chose a > different mirror (ftp.cise.

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Matthew Woehlke
PCYMTNQREAIYR, especially don't quote cygwin AT cygwin DOT com! Jeff Hawk wrote: Thorsten Kampe wrote: \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shouldn't delete those directories - just keep them empty... Not true... I

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
OK, let's start over. I used the uninstall procedures on the website to completely uninstall the software. I removed all previously downloaded files, including setup.exe. I downloaded and ran setup.exe, chose a different mirror (ftp.cise.ufl.edu), and downloaded and installed fresh. I am still g

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Dave Korn wrote: > > > On 12 April 2007 17:49, Jeff Hawk wrote: > > > > >> -Original Message- > > >> From: Thorsten Kampe > > >> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM > > > > >> \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /rea

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Dave Korn wrote: > On 12 April 2007 17:49, Jeff Hawk wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Thorsten Kampe > >> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM > > >> \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by > >> the initial Cygwin installatio

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 17:49, Jeff Hawk wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Thorsten Kampe >> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM >> \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by >> the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shouldn't delete those >> directories -

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Jeff Hawk wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: On Behalf > > Of Thorsten Kampe > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks. > >

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Jeff Hawk
> -Original Message- > From: On Behalf > Of Thorsten Kampe > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bash: tar: command not found > > > \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by > the initi

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Dave Korn wrote: > [snip] > This means that tar.exe has been unpacked into C:\cygwin\usr\bin. > That's why setup thinks it's installed. Not quite. Setup only uses /etc/setup to find out what packages are installed. I suspect a corrupt package instead. That is not to say

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 17:10, Cheney, Christian wrote: >>> Did you even try typing /usr/bin/tar at any point? > I thank you all for your help. Tar.exe does not exist in the /bin > directory, or anywhere else under C:\cygwin. Winzip may have created > the /usr/bin folder, but it didn't put anything in

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>Did you even try typing /usr/bin/tar at any point? >>This means that tar.exe has been unpacked into C:\cygwin\usr\bin. That's >>why setup thinks it's installed. But you can't find it in your $PATH or >>anything, because when cygwin goes to look in /usr/bin (which is where tar.exe >>has been put

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Dave Korn (Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:26:57 +0100) > On 12 April 2007 16:19, Cheney, Christian wrote: > >>> Don't extract things using non-Cygwin tools unless you really know what > >>> you're doing (or have been told to do so). You can make a real mess doing > >>> this. > > I would've used CYGWIN, but

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Cheney, Christian on 4/12/2007 9:21 AM: >>> How about running /usr/bin/tar? Sounds like you just don't have the >>> PATH set up correctly? > Unfortunately, there is nothing in the /usr/bin/ directory. Thanks, > anyhew. In a default cygw

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:21:02AM -0700, Cheney, Christian wrote: >>>How about running /usr/bin/tar? Sounds like you just don't have the >>>PATH set up correctly? >Unfortunately, there is nothing in the /usr/bin/ directory. Thanks, >anyhew. There is never anything in c:\cygwin\usr\bin. Did you

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 April 2007 16:19, Cheney, Christian wrote: >>> Don't extract things using non-Cygwin tools unless you really know what >>> you're doing (or have been told to do so). You can make a real mess doing >>> this. > I would've used CYGWIN, but, unfortunately, tar didn't work ;) You've destroyed

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>How about running /usr/bin/tar? Sounds like you just don't have the >>PATH set up correctly? Unfortunately, there is nothing in the /usr/bin/ directory. Thanks, anyhew. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Doc

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-12 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>Don't extract things using non-Cygwin tools unless you really know what >>you're doing (or have been told to do so). You can make a real mess doing >>this. I would've used CYGWIN, but, unfortunately, tar didn't work ;) >>If you're saying by the above that you have c:\cygwin\bin\bunzip2.exe >>an

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 05:25:08PM -0700, Cheney, Christian wrote: >>>Look in '/etc/postinstall' and see if there are any scripts there >>>that don't end in ".done". >There are none > >>>Also, check '/var/log/setup.log.full' for any messages that would >>>indicate the problem. >I can't see anythi

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Cheney, Christian wrote: Look in '/etc/postinstall' and see if there are any scripts there that don't end in ".done". There are none Also, check '/var/log/setup.log.full' for any messages that would indicate the problem. I can't see anything. Take a look. In the worst case, you can try run

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>Look in '/etc/postinstall' and see if there are any scripts there >>that don't end in ".done". There are none >>Also, check '/var/log/setup.log.full' for any messages that would >>indicate the problem. I can't see anything. Take a look. >>In the worst case, you can try running each of the sc

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Cheney, Christian wrote: I didn't see cygcheck output attached to your previous post. Therefore, you either did not follow the instructions, or your mailer is broken. My bad :0) OK, 'tar' is installed. Given your description of the problem and your subsequent problems with reinstalling, I'

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Cheney, Christian
>>I didn't see cygcheck output attached to your previous post. Therefore, >>you either did not follow the instructions, or your mailer is broken. My bad :0) cygcheck.out Description: cygcheck.out -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://c

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Matthew Woehlke
Cheney, Christian wrote: learn.to/quote <-- please do (no TOFU*, in particular) And PCYMTNQREAIYR* while you are at it. (*http://cygwin.com/acronyms) Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, Cheney, Christian wrote: I have installed cygwin on Windows XP using the d

RE: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Cheney, Christian
Please expound. Been there, done that. Hence, the post. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:36 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash: tar: command not found On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at

Re: bash: tar: command not found

2007-04-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, Cheney, Christian wrote: >I have installed cygwin on Windows XP using the default setup. When I >try to use tar, I am getting "bash: tar: command not found." If I try >to reinstall tar using the setup utility, it copies some files, but then >gives a "no p