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Please use the cygwin mailing list for this type of thing. I've redirected replies there. On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:16:03PM -0800, Mark Moore wrote: >TWIMC: > > > >I recently did a fresh install of Cygwin on a fresh install of Win2K (my HD >blew a gasket :-( .). Once the dust settled, I tried to issue the following >command: > > > > perldoc perldoc > > > >I was quite surprised to see that it didn't work. I received the following >error message: > > > >$ perldoc perldoc > >Error in tempfile() using /XXXXXXXXXX: Parent directory (/) is not writable > > at /usr/bin/perldoc line 564 > > > > > >After hunting around for half a day, I got it cornered in the >/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Spec/cygwin.pm where the code makes an assumption >that the TMPDIR environment variable points to a directory with write >permission. I'll post a bug on the Perl site, but it seems this is a Cygwin >setup problem as well. > > > >A number of Unix ports assume TMPDIR points to an existing directory with >full access to create/delete/read/write files and directories (e.g. Perl). >Shouldn't the Cygwin setup ensure this is a valid assumption? > > > >Easy fixes might be to simply set TMPDIR to $TEMP or $TMP, which appear to >be defined as part of the regular Win2K installation, or hard code it to >"/tmp" since that directory seems to be created as part of the Cygwin >install. (IMHO, the best would be to mount $TEMP as /tmp, and setenv >TMPDIR=/tmp). > > > >Either way, the temp directory should grant full r/w/m permission to all >users for that directory (chmod 777 /tmp). BTW, I tried the chmod fix, and >it didn't seem to stick. The only way I could really change the permission >was to use the Security tab on the folder Properties dialog. > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/