* 'tac' trying to use "/tmp"; Error: not found
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@ 2023-04-03 1:42 ` Prof. Luis G. Uribe C.
2023-04-03 3:22 ` marco atzeri
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From: Prof. Luis G. Uribe C. @ 2023-04-03 1:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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*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**!*
I think that in *line 70 of "tac.c"*:
*ID: tac (GNU coreutils) 9.0 Packaged by Cygwin (9.0-1) Copyright (C)
2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.*
...if it is defined as:
*#define DEFAULT_TMPDIR "**..**/tmp"*
*instead of* the *actual*:
*#define DEFAULT_TMPDIR "/tmp"*
it could work fine!
Best regards,
*Eng. Luis G. Uribe C.*
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* Re: 'tac' trying to use "/tmp"; Error: not found
2023-04-03 1:42 ` 'tac' trying to use "/tmp"; Error: not found Prof. Luis G. Uribe C.
@ 2023-04-03 3:22 ` marco atzeri
2023-04-03 15:29 ` Brian Inglis
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From: marco atzeri @ 2023-04-03 3:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Prof. Luis G. Uribe C.; +Cc: cygwin
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
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* Re: 'tac' trying to use "/tmp"; Error: not found
2023-04-03 3:22 ` marco atzeri
@ 2023-04-03 15:29 ` Brian Inglis
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From: Brian Inglis @ 2023-04-03 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 2023-04-02 21:22, marco atzeri wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 9:43 PM Prof. Luis G. Uribe C. wrote:
>> *| 'tac' utility dies with a not found "/tmp" error. |*
It is preferable to copy the exact command(s) and output into your problem
report. Presumably the input is a pipe or non-seekable device which needs
buffered in a temp file.
>> 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 /tmp directory needs to be created in the Cygwin POSIX root directory "/".
[I am surprised GNU tac does not yet use mmap where available, as an alternative
to seek, as mmap has been around for decades, since 4.4BSD, SysVr4, and Solaris
2.0 days, and should be faster on huge files.]
> 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
You can point to another dir under a shell (or export the env var) using e.g.
$ export TMPDIR=${TMP:-${TEMP:-/tmp}}
or
$ TMPDIR=. tac ...
If you have Cygwin bash and coreutils installed, under bash or a similar shell
with brace expansion you can restore the install directories with:
$ /bin/mkdir -pv -m 0755 /{bin,dev,etc,lib} \
/usr/{bin,lib,local/{bin,etc,lib},src}
$ /bin/mkdir -pv -m 01777 /dev/{mqueue,shm} /etc/fstab.d \
/{home,{,usr/}tmp} /var/{log,run,tmp}
$ /bin/mkdir -pv -m 0666 /var/run/utmp
see:
https://cygwin.com/git/?p=cygwin-apps/setup.git;a=blob;f=install.cc#l156
If the directories do not have the correct permissions, use chmod to fix them.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
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