Query about how to get 'full' Cygwin/unix support
Hello I am using cygwin and have copied the core cygwin files to a folder called binarytools on my Windows PC. This folder is first item in path env variable. When I run make it has commands to do a mkdir -p foldername But mkdir -p myfolder creates a folder called -p and also a folder called myfolder??? Why the strange behaviour? How would I get the standard unix behaviour? Angus -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Query-about-how-to-get-%27full%27-Cygwin-unix-support-tp33544853p33544853.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Query about how to get 'full' Cygwin/unix support
On 03/28/2012 02:07 PM, AngusC wrote: Hello I am using cygwin and have copied the core cygwin files to a folder called binarytools on my Windows PC. This folder is first item in path env variable. When I run make it has commands to do a mkdir -p foldername But mkdir -p myfolder creates a folder called -p and also a folder called myfolder??? Why the strange behaviour? How would I get the standard unix behaviour? Probably because you used cmd's builtin 'mkdir' (which doesn't understand -p) rather than actually invoking /bin/mkdir (of course, since you are running in cmd, that would be spelled c:\path\to\cygwin\bin\mkdir). Why are you using cmd in the first place? Cygwin also provides 'bash' as a shell, and bash doesn't have a broken builtin mkdir like cmd does. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com+1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Query about how to get 'full' Cygwin/unix support
On 03/28/2012 03:07 PM, AngusC wrote: Hello I am using cygwin and have copied the core cygwin files to a folder called binarytools on my Windows PC. This folder is first item in path env variable. When I run make it has commands to do a mkdir -p foldername But mkdir -p myfolder creates a folder called -p and also a folder called myfolder??? Why the strange behaviour? How would I get the standard unix behaviour? I believe that mkdir is a builtin function of the cmd shell which you are probably using. If I'm right, then that function will supersede anything in the PATH. That means that you're not using Cygwin's mkdir program in your command which should explain the behavior you see. To work around this, you can either run your commands from within a bash shell rather than cmd or you can explicitly call the program using its absolute path, such as C:\binarytools\bin\mkdir.exe. Maybe just calling mkdir.exe would also work. -Jeremy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
