rm command missing after update
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Nov 15 03:01:00 GMT 2012
On 11/14/2012 9:40 PM, Nate Kennedy wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just re-ran the cygwin installer so that I could add svn. After
> completing that installation, my rm command seems to have disappeared from
> my system. I ran the cygwin installer again, to search the package library
> for rm so I could reinstall it, but I can't find it in the listings. I've
> attached the ouput of $cygcheck -s -v -r, for background info.
>
> My $PATH is as follows:
>
> /usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/program files
> (x86)/git/bin:/cygdrive/c/windows/system32:/cygdrive/c/users/corey/tools:/usr/local/bin
>
>
> I've tried "which rm", to no avail. I've also tried "ls -l $d/rm" and "find
> $d -name "rm"" in /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/sbin, all to no avail. I even
> tried looking in Windows Explorer. rm just seems to have completely
> disappeared.
>
> Likewise, in the cygwin package library, I cannot find rm. I am truly
> baffled by this one.
Looks like somehow 'rm' got removed. That's certainly what your cygcheck
output says:
Missing file: /usr/bin/rm.exe from package coreutils
coreutils 8.15-1 Incomplete
Reinstall the 'coreutils' package and you should be all set.
--
Larry
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