From: tjoen@dds.nl Subject: Re: cp/mv/rm problems with .exe extension filenames 16 Aug 1998 05:16:36 -0700 Message-ID: <199808151900.VAA26414.cygnus.gnu-win32@k9.dds.nl> References: <35D35194.D6169D44@cray.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:50:28 -0500 > From: Steven Hein > I recently downloaded a "GNU-style" (uses ./configure) software > package (the unix version of vim 5.1, specifically). There is a "cygnus-style" port, I forgot which version > It configured, and built as is, but > when I went to install it, I found that the install targets in the > Makefile couldn't copy the binary to /bin (where I wanted it). The > problem boiled down to trying to do a: > > cp vim /bin > > The command failed because the file 'vim' did not exist--it is > vim.exe! I think editing the Makefile is the only sollution - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".