look: no words file

[Marco Atzeri]

On 11/07/2016 21:05, David Arnstein wrote:
> Wnen I type something like
> 	look mental
> I get
> 	look: /usr/share/dict/words: No such file or directory
>
> In fact, directory /usr/share/dict does not even exist.
>
> Rather than trying to diagnose this problem, I would like to re-install the
> relevant package(s). So far, I have tried util-linux and bash-completion. No
> improvement. Any other suggestions?
>

there is no "/usr/share/dict/words" in any package

$ cygcheck -p usr/share/dict/words
Found 0 matches for usr/share/dict/words

But scowl has 3 dictionary that eventually you can
try to use. (I have not tested it)

$ cygcheck -p usr/share/dict
Found 2 matches for usr/share/dict
scowl-2015.08.24-2 - scowl: Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists (installed 
binaries and support files)
scowl-2016.01.19-1 - scowl: Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists (installed 
binaries and support files)

see package content
https://cygwin.com/packages/x86_64/scowl/scowl-2016.01.19-1


Regards
Marco

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