RE: Newbie questions

[John Wiersba <John.Wiersba@medstat.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark Sims [ mailto:clarksimsgnu@my-Deja.com ]

<lots of SNIPs>

> How do I "see the bash man page"?

See below

> echo $PATH produces:
> 
> /cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/bin:/cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/bin:d:
> /fsf/emacs-19.34/bin:d:/fsf/bin:/WINNT/system32:/WINNT:d:/CCLI
> B/libnt:d:/WATCOM/BINNT:d:/WATCOM/BINW:d:/util:.:d:/PROGRA~1/ULTRAEDT
> 
> d:/fsf/emacs-19.34/bin contains emacs.exe
> but I can't run emacs unless I specify the full path

As another poster hinted, the colon is a path element separator, so
d:/anything won't work.  Try
mount

mkdir /d
mount d: /d

and then put /d/anything in your path.  There's more info about mount
scattered throughout the documentation/FAQ.

> d:/fsf/bin contains man.exe but I can't run man.
> Is the cygwin install supposed to contain man.exe?

I downloaded the man package from the franken ftp site, but if you already
have another man, then maybe that will work.  I believe the man pages are
included in the install, but man.exe is not, for some reason.

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