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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:09:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Yu Wang <xianbird_cygwin AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Question about Running GNU Utilities on Windows XP
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Yu,

First off, is the file a shortcut, by any chance?  If so, check that the
target of the shortcut exists.  Also, do other utilities similar to tail
(e.g., head, more, cat) work with that file, or is the problem particular
to tail?  Try using tab-completion in bash as well - it should produce the
exact filename...
	Igor

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Yu Wang wrote:

> Hi Gerrit and Felix,
>
> Even I use full path
> C:\cygwin\bin\tail.exe C:\cygwin\bin\
> ParaTestDatalogStripped.gold
> (I copy a file ParaTestDatalogStripped.gold to
> C:\cygwin\bin folder)
> it still does not work. I also add C:\cygwin\bin as
> first in path, still does not work.
>
> Another interesting thing is: Originally, the filename
> is ParaTestDatalogStripped.gold. I use tail.exe on
> this file, system tell me can not find
> ParaTestDatalog.gold. Then, I rename the file to
> ParaTestDatalog.gold, system still tell me can not
> find ParaTestDatalog.gold. At last, I rename the file
> to ParaTest.gol, system still tell me can not find
> ParaTestDatalog.gold. So odd and so stubborn. Any
> idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yu
>
> --- "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de> wrote:
> > Hallo Yu,
> >
> > Am Montag, 7. Oktober 2002 um 17:48 schriebst du:
> >
> > > Hi Gerrit,
> >
> > > Thank you so much for kind reply. I ran the tail.exe
> > > directly from \cygwin\bin directory and got the
> > > problem, I thought I was using correct tail.exe, any
> > > thought? And more, have you ever run tail.exe
> > > successfully on XP?
> >
> > No, I have no XP.  But it should make no difference.
> > Try to call the Cygwin tail.exe with the full path
> > included:
> > C:\cygwin\bin\tail.exe or in a bash shell:
> > /bin/tail.exe and
> > see if it still doesn't work.
> >
> > Gerrit
> > --
> > =^..^=

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