CYGWIN UNIX FILE PATH LEAVES FILES UNDELETABLE THROUGH WIN7
I'm a new user and just recently tried to install cygwin 1.7.5, after installing JAVA NetBeans. I wanted to install the C++ packages along with Python. Below is a sample of what occurred. copied from the output of... cygcheck -s -v -r cygcheck.out - 2010/08/08 06:44:15 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gcc4-core.sh 2010/08/08 06:44:19 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2010/08/08 06:48:34 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gtk2.0.sh 2010/08/08 06:48:44 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2010/08/08 07:11:53 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh 2010/08/08 07:40:39 can't run /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh: No such file 2010/08/08 07:41:00 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gcc4-core.sh 2010/08/08 07:41:03 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2010/08/08 07:41:03 running: D:\Cplus\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/gtk2.0.sh 2010/08/08 07:41:12 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2010/08/08 07:41:12 Changing gid to Administrators 2010/08/08 08:25:10 note: Installation Complete 2010/08/08 08:25:10 Ending cygwin install - I had uninstalled the total cygwin package by deleting all the directories made for this software, because cygwin did not show in the list of installed programs in the Control Panel utility Programs Features in Windows 7 OS. After the deletions, only one directory and file were unable to be deleted, the file named nul in the directory dev . A popup window notified me of the problem but was not specific. After much brainstorming, I booted up into a LINUX environment, located the /my Cplus dir/dev/nul directory and file. Using the file manager, I was able to delete the items. I have read browsed much of the documentation, at the moment, that's possible and tried to be sure this issue hasn't been covered. I believe that is the case. I'm a retired NASA contractor. UNIX System Administrator for Real-Time Systems being one of my task, I hope this has given me enough knowledge to know when I need further assistance. I tried to subscribe to the cygwin.com mailing list. But the email returned with an unknown address error. I have recheck this address cygwin-subscr...@cygwin.com and still returns a failure notice. Thank You for your time for reading this and any assistance you may offer. Richard Stern -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: CYGWIN UNIX FILE PATH LEAVES FILES UNDELETABLE THROUGH WIN7
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Stern wrote: I had uninstalled the total cygwin package by deleting all the directories made for this software, because cygwin did not show in the list of installed programs in the Control Panel utility Programs Features in Windows 7 OS. After the deletions, only one directory and file were unable to be deleted, the file named nul in the directory dev . A popup window notified me of the problem but was not specific. After much brainstorming, I booted up into a LINUX environment, located the /my Cplus dir/dev/nul directory and file. Using the file manager, I was able to delete the items. I have read browsed much of the documentation, at the moment, that's possible and tried to be sure this issue hasn't been covered. I believe that is the case. I'm a retired NASA contractor. UNIX System Administrator for Real-Time Systems being one of my task, I hope this has given me enough knowledge to know when I need further assistance. I tried to subscribe to the cygwin.com mailing list. But the email returned with an unknown address error. I have recheck this address cygwin-subscr...@cygwin.com and still returns a failure notice. Thank You for your time for reading this and any assistance you may offer. Richard Stern http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all best steps to follow to completely remove it http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.dos-filenames brief mention of using special file names like AUX, COM, etc http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-dosdevices another mention of those special file names -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: CYGWIN UNIX FILE PATH LEAVES FILES UNDELETABLE THROUGH WIN7
The directory D:\Cplus I created during setup. the \dev\ directory was created by the installation along with the file named nul. Is it possible that setup misnamed this file nul when it should have reflected the POSIX \dev\null WIN32 substitute? Also, in my last email I listed some errors which were cut form your reply, concerning abnormal exit: exit code=126 abnormal exit: exit code=127 What are these errors? I wouldn't bother you with this but I found no definitive answers while searching through the cygwin mail archives. In addition I need to resolve the problem I'm having with subscribing to the email message board. Is the following address correct? cygwin-subscr...@cygwin.com Regards... Richard See http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-04/msg01047.html for suggestions on why you are getting the abnormal exit codes. Also, this http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acygwin.com%20inurl%3Aml%2F%20abnormal%20exit I don't know why are having problems subscribing to the list. I don't know why you had the problem with /dev/nul -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: CYGWIN UNIX FILE PATH LEAVES FILES UNDELETABLE THROUGH WIN7
After the deletions, only one directory and file were unable to be deleted, the file named nul in the directory dev . This is well known (if you're an old timer - think cp/m, then DOS) as it's a reserved word. CON: NUL: LPT!: are all examples of this. The solution is easy: :: for files del \\.\c:\cygwin\dev\nul :: for dirs rd \\.\c:\cygwin\dev\con more info @ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716 cheers, Dave -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
