Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe@sources.redhat.com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help@sources.redhat.com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Message-ID: <20010414235846.1904.qmail@web12501.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:58:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: rahul toley <rahul_toley@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: help for installing cygwin on Windows  ME needed
To: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
In-Reply-To: <200104142335.TAA28574@envy.delorie.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Thanks for all your help. My cygwin is up and running.
Now I can proceed from here.

rahul

--- DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> wrote:
> 
> > Target Platform : Windows ME (problem ?)
> > Executable version :cygwin-1.1.8-1.tar.gz after
> > untarring and gziping (i use powerarchivers
> extracter)
> 
> Please use Cygwin's setup program
> (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe).
> There are registry entries and desktop shortcuts to
> set up also.
> 
> > Effect : If I execute any of the executables in
> the
> > cygwin directory under bin I see a black shell
> opening
> > and then gets killed. I cant makeout anything from
> > this.
> 
> Cygwin programs don't work that way.  Open a shell
> window, *then* run
> the programs from the command line.
> 
> > Side Questions:   which is the main executable. i
> > tried running cygpath.exe cygcheck.exe
> 
> If you run setup, there's a "cygwin" icon on the
> desktop to click on.


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. 
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple