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1.5.24 : "bash: /dev/null: No such file or directory" (Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs)


I'm seeing the following error every time I start a cygwin shell,
running on a freshing installed copy of Windows Fundamentals for
Legacy PCs (WinFLP).

bash: /dev/null: No such file or directory

>From the mailing list archives, it seems that the same symptom has
been seen in the past (albeit on other versions of Windows...)

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-06/msg00009.html
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg01005.html

Following previous advice given to people trying to debug the
problem, here's an extact of: strace sh -c "ls > /dev/null"

   57 3748990 [main] sh 2372 open: open (/dev/null, 0x601)
  205 3749195 [main] sh 2372 normalize_posix_path: src /dev/null
  142 3749337 [main] sh 2372 normalize_posix_path: /dev/null =
normalize_posix_path (/dev/null)
   85 3749422 [main] sh 2372 mount_info::conv_to_win32_path:
conv_to_win32_path (/dev/null)
   86 3749508 [main] sh 2372 mount_info::conv_to_win32_path: src_path
/dev/null, dst nul, flags 0x2, rc 0
   88 3749596 [main] sh 2372 build_fh_pc: fh 0x61167E40
   61 3749657 [main] sh 2372 fhandler_base::open_9x: (NUL, 0x601)
  192 3749849 [main] sh 2372 seterrno_from_win_error:
/ext/build/netrel/src/cygwin-1.5.24-2/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc:535
windows error 2
   97 3749946 [main] sh 2372 geterrno_from_win_error: windows error 2
== errno 2
   69 3750015 [main] sh 2372 __set_errno: void
seterrno_from_win_error(const char*, int, DWORD):310 val 2
   82 3750097 [main] sh 2372 fhandler_base::open_9x: 0xFFFFFFFF =
CreateFile (NUL, 0x40000000, 0x7, 0x22C250, 0x2, 0x80, 0)
   85 3750182 [main] sh 2372 fhandler_base::open_9x: 0 =
fhandler_base::open (NUL, 0x601)
   78 3750260 [main] sh 2372 open: -1 = open (/dev/null, 0x601)

Corinna's comment from the archives:

> However, the above effect is pretty weird. Is it possible (don't
> laugh) that the nul device is broken on your machine? Actually
> there's a driver ${windir}/system32/drivers/null.sys which manages
> that device. Or an even worse scenario: Do you (well, your machine)
> have some bad virus? So far, I have no other idea :-(

${windir}/system32/drivers/null.sys does not seem to be present in
WinFLP. I'm running a fresh install of the OS, sitting behind a
firewall, so the chances of Windows corruption or viruses seems low.
I can only assume that the lack of null.sys is the way Microsoft
intends it... ?!?

Is there an alternative way that cygwin could implement /dev/null in
this situation ??

Andre
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Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Mon Mar 12 05:03:51 2007

Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2

Path:	C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
	c:\Windows\system32
	c:\Windows
	c:\Windows\system32\WBEM

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(Administrator) GID: 513(None)
0(root)                 513(None)               544(Administrators)
545(Users)

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(Administrator) GID: 513(None)
0(root)                 513(None)               544(Administrators)
545(Users)

SysDir: C:\Windows\system32
WinDir: C:\Windows

USER = 'Administrator'
PWD = '/home/Administrator'
HOME = '/home/Administrator'
MAKE_MODE = 'unix'

HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'D500-sland685'
RUNTIMEGUID = '{052D3F18-13CF-4761-BB51-F8FE63681B6B}'
RUNTIMESKUCODE = 'XPeCli'
TERM = 'cygwin'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8, GenuineIntel'
WINDIR = 'C:\Windows'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
WEBUILDDATE = '4/29/2006 5:14:33 AM'
USERDOMAIN = 'D500-SLAND685'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
DEVICEROLE = '0'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
TEMP = '/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files'
USERNAME = 'Administrator'
RUNTIMEPID = 'J9KHQ-38HJ3-9CKJG-GFRB6-XMXDY'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '6'
SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:'
USERPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
PS1 = '\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ '
LOGONSERVER = '\\D500-SLAND685'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86'
!C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin'
SHLVL = '1'
PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
HOMEDRIVE = 'C:'
PROMPT = '$p$g'
COMSPEC = 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe'
TMP = '/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp'
SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\Windows'
PRINTER = 'HP LaserJet 4/4M Plus PS 600'
CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = '0d08'
INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:'
PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '1'
SESSIONNAME = 'Console'
DEVICEMODEL = '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}'
COMPUTERNAME = 'D500-SLAND685'
_ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck'
POSIXLY_CORRECT = '1'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = '/cygdrive'
  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/c
  (default) = 'c:'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/d
  (default) = 'd:'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/e
  (default) = 'e:'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/f
  (default) = 'f:'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/i
  (default) = 'i:'
  flags = 0x0000010a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

c:  hd  NTFS     20002Mb  16% CP CS UN PA FC     New volume
d:  cd             N/A    N/A                    
i:  net NTFS    281304Mb  64% CP CS    PA        common

C:\cygwin      /          system  binmode
c:             /c         system  binmode
d:             /d         system  binmode
e:             /e         system  binmode
f:             /f         system  binmode
i:             /i         system  binmode,noexec
C:\cygwin/bin  /usr/bin   system  binmode
C:\cygwin/lib  /usr/lib   system  binmode
.              /cygdrive  system  binmode,cygdrive

Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
Not Found: cpp (good!)
Not Found: crontab
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Not Found: gcc
Not Found: gdb
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe
Not Found: ld
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Not Found: make
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Not Found: patch
Not Found: perl
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Not Found: ssh
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe
Not Found: vi
Not Found: vim

   87k 2006/02/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygatk-1.0-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygatk-1.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/2/6 13:13
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                  "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 0:57
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                  "cygglib-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/5 15:32
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                  "cyggmodule-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/5 15:36
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                  "cyggobject-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/5 15:35
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                  "cyggthread-2.0-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/6/5 15:36
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                  "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 20:34
   29k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/10 16:16
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                  "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/1/17 19:14
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                  "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/22 16:44
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                  "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/24 22:27
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                  "cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 2:24
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    Cygwin DLL version info:
        DLL version: 1.5.24
        DLL epoch: 19
        DLL bad signal mask: 19005
        DLL old termios: 5
        DLL malloc env: 28
        API major: 0
        API minor: 156
        Shared data: 4
        DLL identifier: cygwin1
        Mount registry: 2
        Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        Program options name: Program Options
        Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        Cygdrive default prefix: 
        Build date: Wed Jan 31 10:57:51 CET 2007
        CVS tag: cr-0x5f1
        Shared id: cygwin1S4


Can't find the cygrunsrv utility, skipping services check.


Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: C:\cyginsttmp
Last downloaded files from: http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin

Package              Version
_update-info-dir     00501-1
alternatives         1.3.29a-1
ash                  20040127-3
atk                  1.10.3-1
atk-runtime          1.10.3-1
base-files           3.7-1
base-passwd          2.2-1
bash                 3.2.9-11
bzip2                1.0.3-2
clear                1.0-2
coreutils            6.7-2
crypt                1.1-1
cygutils             1.3.1-1
cygwin               1.5.24-2
cygwin-doc           1.4-4
diffutils            2.8.7-1
editrights           1.01-1
findutils            4.3.2-3
gawk                 3.1.5-4
gdbm                 1.8.3-8
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libgdbm              1.8.0-5
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ncurses              5.5-3
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