Cygwin on Win 2000
Alex K. Angelopoulos
alexangelopoulos@hotmail.com
Thu Mar 21 14:14:00 GMT 2002
FYI everyone...
Command.com really *should* be there. You really *shouldn't* ever use it directly, though.
If you launch a console app which turns out to be 16-bit, NT/2000/XP automatically instantiates command.com (and then passes all of its operations back to CMD.EXE).
I suspect the OPs problem is that since he tried to launch under command.com, it choked since cygwin is 32-bit. This can just be resolved by calling CMD instead of COMMAND in the "run" box.
"Lapo Luchini" <lapo@lapo.it> wrote in message news:3C98D3D8.5B8C115A@lapo.it...
: > Mine was a clean install in each case with only the service packs and
: > some patches being added.
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: I installed it from scratch every time but the first (of course...) but
: \winnt\system32\command.com is definitely there, in Win98 is
: widows\command\command.com.. be it an upgrade of a from scratch.
: But wait.. when you open command prompt... (well I guess you can open
: command prompt, yes?) which executable appears in the task manager?
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