From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15045 invoked by alias); 7 Mar 2006 18:05:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 15032 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Mar 2006 18:05:56 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from host217-40-213-68.in-addr.btopenworld.com (HELO SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM) (217.40.213.68) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:05:54 +0000 Received: from rainbow ([192.168.1.165]) by SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:05:50 +0000 Reply-To: From: "Dave Korn" To: "'Scott Wettstein'" Cc: Subject: RE: cygwin Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:05:00 -0000 Message-ID: <060f01c64211$c485ad10$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <000601c641d2$add590b0$6600a8c0@SCOTT> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-03/txt/msg00200.txt.bz2 On 07 March 2006 10:34, Scott Wettstein wrote: > Dave~ > > I recently came across your post from last October 2005 about "RE: > AllVersions: Running Cygwin X w/ Registy Entries." You showed how to use > "./ls" instead of "ls" I'm brand new at bash and I'm not really sure how it > works. My problem is this: when I try to do "ls" I get the "command not > found" error. "/bin/ls" and "/usr/bin/ls" and "./ls" all work fine, but how > do I get just plain "ls" to work? Thanks for any help you can give. > > ~Scott http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PPIOSPE Seriously, it's far more likely to bring /you/ what /you/ want if you do so. When I receive unsolicited email requests for help from complete strangers I'm as likely to bin them and spam-block the sender as to feel inclined to give up my time to help. http://cygwin.com/acronyms#RTFM I don't think you've read the user guide and the FAQ yet. Expecting random strangers to solve your problems for you when you haven't even done your basic homework is of questionable politeness at the very least. http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.path http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.not-found These FAQ entries relate to not being able to find executables when you'd expect to. http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html Specifically, I suspect your problem is most likely you haven't got your /etc/passwd and /etc/groups files created yet, or you've changed your HOME environment variable. It really sounds like you need to get a book or two and read them, some introductory texts on the fundamentals of Linux/Unix and command shell usage should set you well on the way. cheers, DaveK PS. Your blog's a bit overly generic, innit?! :-) -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/