Re: 1.5.19: Solution: cannot create temp file for here document: Permission denied

2006-02-07 Thread Barry Demchak
The solution to my variant of this problem ended up being pretty simple. I was running the Norton utility that guards the trash bin (Norton Protected Trash Bin). For this use, it's toxic. The solution was to add the entire cygwin directory to the exclusion list (in the trash bin's

cannot create temp file for here document

2005-07-15 Thread Barry Demchak
. If I look in my C:\cygwin\home\bdemchak directory, I see a .bash_history file and three others: .inputrc, .bashrc, and .bash_profile ... seems healthy to me, but I'm a newbie. Here's my passwd file entry: bdemchak:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:bdemchak,U-MALEX\Barry Demchak,S-1-5-21- 1214440339

Re: cannot create temp file for here document

2005-07-15 Thread Barry Demchak
Hi, Dave -- Pretty simple and interesting. It seems like sort is failing ... as if there's problems with the temp directory (???). Here's what it looks to me: A) The TEMP and TMP environment variables are both /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/BARRYD~1/LOCALS~1/Temp B) The !C environment variable (which

Re: cannot create temp file for here document

2005-07-16 Thread Barry Demchak
See end-post below ... At 04:00 PM 7/16/2005, Eric Blake wrote: Attached please find the strace_unlink.out you requested. To get this, I started Cygwin and did the following: cd /tmp cat foo blah blah blah ^Z strace -o strace_unlink.out unlink foo Looking at the trace, I can see where

Re: cannot create temp file for here document

2005-07-16 Thread Barry Demchak
Hi, Eric -- Converting FAT32 to NTFS did not solve the problem. -- 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/

Re: cannot create temp file for here document

2005-07-16 Thread Barry Demchak
At 06:10 PM 7/16/2005, Eric Blake wrote: OK ... thanks ... I'll convert to NTFS ... I'm probably overdue anyway ... will you be tendering this to the Cygwin primary authors?? You already have. This list is read by anyone actively working (on their free time, as volunteers) on cygwin source

Very basic version command

2005-09-05 Thread Barry Demchak
Hi, all -- Sorry for submitting something so silly. Question: What is the command for finding out the version of a library installed on Cygwin? I'm trying to find out what version of the librsvg library I'm using. Thanks. vvv : Barry Demchak

Very basic version command

2005-09-05 Thread Barry Demchak
Hi, all -- Sorry for submitting something so silly. Question: What is the command for finding out the version of a library installed on Cygwin? I'm trying to find out what version of the librsvg library I'm using. Thanks. vvv : Barry Demchak

Re: Very basic version command

2005-09-05 Thread Barry Demchak
couldn't work for librsvg because it's not a cygwin library and not in the cygwin registry ... a naive guess ... maybe it's right?? Thanks. At 03:31 PM 9/5/2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Barry Demchak wrote: Hi, all -- Sorry for submitting something so silly. Question

Re: Very basic version command

2005-09-05 Thread Barry Demchak
Aha ... another good way. Thanks ... I'm happy to learn this stuff. At 03:43 PM 9/5/2005, Mark Blain wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:20:21 -0700, Barry Demchak wrote: Question: What is the command for finding out the version of a library installed on Cygwin? I'm trying to find out what