Re: [Msys2-users] tar + gzip problem

[Matthew A. Postiff]

Thanks Ray. Unfortunately, the path already contains the directory where tar and gzip reside; in fact, I have it as the first entry in the path. On 2/20/2017 7:06 PM, Ray Donnelly wrote: Then tar is looking only in PATH. You can use _putenv() at the top of your program to add the directory your program is in (Get ModuleFileName) to PATH. On Feb 18, 2017 8:57 PM, "Matthew A. Postiff" <posti...@comcast.net> wrote: Thanks Oscar. I already have gzip.exe in the same directory as tar. If I run gzip by itself from the command line, it works. If I run tar -cf by itself, it works. Only when I do tar -czf ... does it fail with the gzip cannot exec error. Matt On 2/18/2017 2:34 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote: > "Matthew A. Postiff" <posti...@comcast.net> > writes: > >> I have a Windows gtk program that I build in an msys2 environment, and >> the program itself uses some msys2 utilities. I copy the ones I need >> into the C:\program files\myprogram\bin with the idea that I don't have >> to install all of msys2 to run the program. In my program I spawn the >> command tar -czf >> >> Tar breaks because it cannot find gzip. > You need to copy gzip to your binaries directory, along with any dll it > requires. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users

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