From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Matthew Smith Subject: Re: dos/unix utilities Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 05:30:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A87E58B.6A2C3DB7@yahoo.com> References: <013001c09475$5a80f860$3c5350d8@bluesguitar.org> <20010211170532.B14860@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00586.html Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:55:31PM -0600, Matthew Smith wrote: > >> I have found the utilities extremely useful, in order to emulate > >processes, > >> that we run in a Unix environment, under Windows NT. I am running them in > >a > >> win98 environment and then, when the process is working, transferring them > >> to NT. I cannot see why there would be any problems. However, I am having > >a > >> problem with "wc" recognising that certain directories/files exist when > >> using wildcards for non 8.3 form file names.. > >> > >> For example: > >> wc -l \postbox\ctm\ctm*.* fails (with a ENOENT error msg) > >> wc -l \postbox\ctm\ctm040701 works fine however > > > >Output of cygcheck -srv would be appreciated. Also, you neglect to say what > >environment this is failing under. Are you trying this command from bash? > >cmd.exe? You need to give us more info. > > You can't use wildcards with Windows filespecs. Huh? I can use wc -l /tmp/st*.* just fine in a COMMAND window. However, I can't use wc -l \tmp\st*.*. Oh, I get it now, that's what you were saying. > Cygwin is a UNIX emulation, remember? > > Try "wc -l /postbox/ctm/ctm*.*". > True, the '\' is what Chris is in reference to. You must use '/'. Earnie. P.S.: Sorry, Chris. I was confused at first by your answer. So, I decided to post anyway. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple