X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49383E34.6060509@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:31:48 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081120 Remi/2.0.0.18-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.18 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How do I set the default path? References: <20840873 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <20840873.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com walterbyrd wrote: > I am new to cygwin. I am running cygwin on XP. > > When I start cygwin, I am put into the /usr/bin directory. I can not run > anything, even ls, without putting a ./ in front of it. > > I am using this XP box at work. I am able to directly change my windows > path. > > Is there a way for me to setup cygwin so that I can run commands in the > /usr/bin directory, with the ./ ? Add "." to your path but that opens up a big security risk. As for '/usr/bin', in a proper install, that should be in your path already. My WAG is that you're installation didn't finish. Try rerunning 'setup.exe' and just "Next"ing through the pages and see if that helps. If not, send your 'cygcheck' output as explained here . -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/