Kevin,
> ... However, whenever I start bash shell, I get this anoying
> message:
>
> bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
>
> How do I go about setting it up so that bash sees my temp direcoty as /tmp?
I assume you are running on Windows/NT and are trying to run the
Cygwin bash. By default, the Cygwin installation considers "/" to
be C:\Cygwin or something similar, depending on where you installed
Cygwin.
Using NT Explorer or an MS-DOS command shell, go to C:\Cygwin and
create a new folder named "tmp". That will be "/tmp" in the eyes
of bash and the rest of the Cygwin system. Then you should be able to
run bash.
With bash running, you can refer to the top level of the C: drive
as "/cygdrive/c", and so-on for other drive letters. You can also
use symbolic links (ln -s) to set up other convenient shortcuts, for
example:
cd /
ln -s /cygdrive/c .
lets you refer to the top level C: drive from bash/Cygwin as "/c/..."
Hope that helps.
- Mike
