Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <3749871C.344B8B02@lbin.com> Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:06:36 -0700 From: Ian Zimmerman Organization: Lightbinders, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygnus tools mailing list Subject: Re: Shell scripts? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bucky0 AT aol DOT com wrote: > > Hello, I have been using this program for a while now and I cant seem to > figure out how to run shell scripts. I want to run the configure script for > Circle mud but it says "no such file or directory exists" does anyone have an > idea? > here is what the tutorial says: > How to compile using Cygnus GNU-Win32 Tools: > (Type green text as shown) > > Get Cygnus completly installed. > Start bash (After installing GNU-Win32 there should be a shortcut to it in > the start menu) > When you first install Cygnus you will need to use this command in order for > shell scripts to run properly, you only ever have to do this once: > ln -s C:/CYGNUS/B19/H-I386~1/bin /bin > Note: This may be different depending on your version of GNU-Win32, and if > you installed to a different folder. > While in the circle folder type: > ./configure <----this is where the error is > When it is done type: > cd src > make > To run it, get into the circle folder again (cd .. if you just compiled it) > ./autorun > I have had the same problem on my FAT fs. The reason is that FAT doesn't have an executable permission bit, so Cygwin must rely on awful hacks to guess if a file is executable. Try "sh configure" instead, it works for me. -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com