On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:50:39 +0000 (UTC), wrote: >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with > the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), > and have the base packages and a number of the > developer packages selected. But when installation > completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var >directories but there's no /bin directory. >Because of this, when I try to run Cygwin, I get > the error "The system cannot find the path specified. > 'bash' is not recognized as an internal or external > command, operable program, or batch file." > Guestimating Possible Reasons:-
a) You have the ghost of someother *nix emulation on your system (MKS?) b) You have a \bin directory somewhere in you Windows Paths c) Have you tried installing to C:\ rather than d:\ >From a nul expert zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh) -- vim -c ":%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg?" http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/