According to Joe Cotroneo:
> I've recently installed HtDig under Win32 (Windows NT/2000), and like many
> other Win32 attempts had issues getting it all working.
>  
> I have come up with some tips that may help anybody else out there wishing
> to use HtDig under Win32 - as I didn't see all of these posted anywhere.
>  
> I downloaded the Win32 binary version of HtDig hoping for a quick & easy
> installation, and to get it working I had to do the following:
>  - install it into c:\htdig - as the program files are hard coded to use
> c:\htdig\bin
>  - put the latest copy of cygwin1.dll into c:\htdig\bin (this helped with
> some word sort failed errors)
>  - ensure the TMP and TEMP environment variables point to a valid temp
> folder, and there is adequate free disk space
>  
> The htmerge program requires \bin\sh.exe to be present, which is not a
> problem if cygwin is installed on the system.  However, if cygwin is not
> installed then you need to put a copy of sh.exe into the \bin folder on the
> drive you wish to run it from.  Having a copy of cygwin1.dll in the bin
> folder helps as well.
>  
> eg, Say you have c:\htdig, but you have a script that runs from drive D:,
> you'll need to have another copy of sh.exe & cygwin1.dll in d:\bin\ .. You
> can skip this if your script changes to c:\htdig\bin when performing it's
> htmerge operation.
>  
> With the above steps taken care of your HtDig installation should now be
> functional.

You didn't mention anything about sort.exe and mv.exe.  Don't these also
have to be in \bin for htmerge and htfuzzy to work?

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)

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