From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: Ron Joffe , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ls command failing Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 08:04:00 -0000 Message-id: <4.3.1.2.20010108105804.01dcbe00@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20010107213021.01d6be98@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010106174107.00a83d50@pop.mail.yahoo.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010108074716.00a7b980@pop.mail.yahoo.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg00296.html At 07:57 AM 1/8/2001, Ron Joffe wrote: >Larry, > >Thanks for the help, here is the problem: > >Warning: c:\ntreskit\ls.exe hides C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe > >It looks like the ls I thought I was using was a different ls. > >Thanks, > >Ron Yes, that's why when using Cygwin, its always recommended that you put the Cygwin directories in your path first. If you don't, you may pick up other like named utilities which may not work like their Cygwin counterparts. As always, cygcheck -s -r -v will tell you of collisions of such common tools. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple