From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E425F394C04D for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 17:59:52 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E425F394C04D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=moss@cs.umass.edu Received: from [192.168.0.16] (c-24-62-203-86.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.203.86]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9E6C74037680; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <092af206-4d4a-28d9-ccdf-bdf2eafe5edd@obj-sys.com> <28a64f9a-3ab1-1c44-2931-967bd39f3bbf@obj-sys.com> <76084aec-81d3-e472-4562-bca3734d2f2b@cs.umass.edu> <55e2f54b-70b3-6333-12d6-6ed6c45b9a45@obj-sys.com> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <1053b95d-a48b-5b19-c144-907d6912dc75@cs.umass.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:59:52 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55e2f54b-70b3-6333-12d6-6ed6c45b9a45@obj-sys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:59:54 -0000 On 9/2/2020 1:40 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: > > On 9/2/2020 1:28 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: >> On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: >>> >>> On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: >>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: >>>> >>>> But if I use tar from a DOS window ... >>>> Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless >>>> you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). >>>> >>>> Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode >>>> program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode >>>> single-tasking operating system.) >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>> >>> Yes, a cmd.exe console window. >> >> Hardly the point :-) ... >> >> But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the search path, >> and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as ones earlier on >> the path ... >> >> Best - Eliot Moss >> -- >> 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 > > I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the same folder where the copy > of Cygwin's tar.exe sits.  That folder appears first in the PATH.  But despite that, trying to > invoke tar from the cmd window still pops up the window saying cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. I meant that your PATH should have the Cygwin bin folder in it, somewhere. Does that not work for you? But my setup definitely has the cyggcc_s-1.dll file in /bin and /usr/bin. It comes from the libgcc1 package (libgcc1-9.3.0-2 in my case). Eliot Moss