Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com >Received: from ute.port.de (oe AT ute DOT port DOT de [194.173.33.3]) by port.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id QAA05214; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:46:45 +0100 Message-ID: <38809665.851D40D8@ute.port.de> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:46:45 +0100 From: Heinz-Juergen Oertel Organization: port GmbH Germany X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.13 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Slate CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: No such file or directory References: <000901bf5f2e$2bd0c5e0$9053adce AT docslate> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id KAA32448 > Slate wrote: > > When I open the BASH shell I get the following message. > > warning: could not find /tmp, please create! > > I then enter at the BASH prompt > > mkdir -p /tmp > > And get the following message... > > No such file or directory > > I get that same message when i try to create /bin. > > Any suggestions? > Please first read the manual at Cygnus, and http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/ http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/ORKiD/cygwin.htm there are many links you can look at before asking very basic questions here. Have also a look at the mailing list archive. - with best regards / mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com