Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:30 PM Wayne Davison wrote: Something like this seems to work fine (with very minimal testing): > > @echo off > PATH=C:\cygwin64\bin > C:\cygwin64\bin\tar %* > Keeping in mind that cmd.exe provides no environment variable scoping using scripts, I would recommend setlocal/endlocal; example: @echo off setlocal enableextensions rem set CYGPATH to cygwin "/bin" directory set CYGPATH=C:\cygwin64\bin set Path=%CYGPATH%;%Path% "%CYGPATH%\tar" %* endlocal Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 7:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: > I need the Cygwin tar to be found regardless of whether I'm using a > Cygwin command window or a DOS command window. I think the easiest way to run the cygwin tar from CMD (if you don't want to just put your cygwin bin dir on your Windows PATH) is to create a bat file that calls the cygwin tar. That way you always get the latest cygwin tar & dll versions from the main install. Something like this seems to work fine (with very minimal testing): @echo off PATH=C:\cygwin64\bin C:\cygwin64\bin\tar %* ..wayne.. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
Am 02.09.2020 um 19:59 schrieb Eliot Moss: On 9/2/2020 1:40 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 1:28 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Yes, a cmd.exe console window. Hardly the point :-) ... But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the search path, and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as ones earlier on the path ... Best - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits. That folder appears first in the PATH. But despite that, trying to invoke tar from the cmd window still pops up the window saying cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. I meant that your PATH should have the Cygwin bin folder in it, somewhere. Does that not work for you? But my setup definitely has the cyggcc_s-1.dll file in /bin and /usr/bin. It comes from the libgcc1 package (libgcc1-9.3.0-2 in my case). Some independent comments: * I see cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll in the libgcc1 package, not cyggcc_s-1.dll * My current cygwin tar does not depend on cyggcc_s-1.dll * Maybe your cygwin tar is an older release, now and then gcc library conventions have changed Thomas -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On 9/2/2020 1:40 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 1:28 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Yes, a cmd.exe console window. Hardly the point :-) ... But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the search path, and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as ones earlier on the path ... Best - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits. That folder appears first in the PATH. But despite that, trying to invoke tar from the cmd window still pops up the window saying cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. I meant that your PATH should have the Cygwin bin folder in it, somewhere. Does that not work for you? But my setup definitely has the cyggcc_s-1.dll file in /bin and /usr/bin. It comes from the libgcc1 package (libgcc1-9.3.0-2 in my case). Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:40 AM Douglas Coup wrote: I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the > same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits. > Why is this step necessary? Is the cygwin install process not working? Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On 9/2/2020 1:28 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Yes, a cmd.exe console window. Hardly the point :-) ... But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the search path, and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as ones earlier on the path ... Best - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits. That folder appears first in the PATH. But despite that, trying to invoke tar from the cmd window still pops up the window saying cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. Regards, Doug Coup Objective Systems, Inc. REAL WORLD ASN.1 AND XML SOLUTIONS Tel: +1 (484) 875-9841 Fax: +1 (484) 875-9830 Toll-free: (877) 307-6855 (USA only) http://www.obj-sys.com -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On 9/2/2020 1:00 PM, Douglas Coup wrote: On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Yes, a cmd.exe console window. Hardly the point :-) ... But I think your problem may be that the Cygwin dlls need to be on the search path, and you're hoping that none of them have names that are the same as ones earlier on the path ... Best - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Yes, a cmd.exe console window. Regards, Doug Coup Objective Systems, Inc. REAL WORLD ASN.1 AND XML SOLUTIONS Tel: +1 (484) 875-9841 Fax: +1 (484) 875-9830 Toll-free: (877) 307-6855 (USA only) http://www.obj-sys.com -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote: But if I use tar from a DOS window ... > Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM). Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Using cygwin tar from a DOS window
Hello Cygwin community. I've recently started using a new Windows 10 workstation, on which I've installed 64-bit Cygwin, including tar v1.29. Windows 10 has its own tar.exe, but I need the Cygwin tar to be found regardless of whether I'm using a Cygwin command window or a DOS command window. Since from a DOS window I want Windows .exe files to be found for all situations except tar, I've copied the Cygwin tar.exe to a folder of its own and placed that folder in the PATH at the beginning to make sure Cygwin's tar.exe is found before the Windows tar.exe. If I use tar from a Cygwin window, it works. The tar.exe is found in Cygwin's own /usr/bin directory. But if I use tar from a DOS window, I get a pop-up window that says the program can't start because cyggcc_s-1.dll can't be found. This DLL is not present in the Cygwin hierarchy. What's strange is if I run "cygcheck tar" from a Cygwin window, that DLL is not listed as a dependency. This configuration worked successfully on my previous Windows 10 workstation, where I had 32-bit Cygwin installed, including tar v1.27. Any thoughts? I'm wondering if I need to downgrade to tar v1.27 on my new workstation. Regards, Douglas Coup -- Objective Systems, Inc. REAL WORLD ASN.1 AND XML SOLUTIONS Tel: +1 (484) 875-9841 Fax: +1 (484) 875-9830 Toll-free: (877) 307-6855 (USA only) http://www.obj-sys.com -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
