RE: problem with extract.exe

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

Sounds like problem with your Cygwin installation.
Do you have head.exe under /usr/bin?


Suhaib



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Monk [mailto:david.monk@encodasystems.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:26 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> Subject: RE: problem with extract.exe
> 
> That did not help. I moved extract.exe and extract32.exe(for safe
> measure)
> out of c:\winnt\ to an obscure folder. I still get the same response
> from
> Xinstall.sh
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [SMTP:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:12 PM
> To: David Monk; 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: RE: problem with extract.exe
> 
> 
> Windows NT 4.0 ships with a extract.exe in Winnt directory.
> You either rename it or adjust your path that the extract.exe for
> xfree86 is
> found first.
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Monk [mailto:david.monk@encodasystems.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:07 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: problem with extract.exe
> >
> > I have searched the archives and can not find an answer to this
> > problem. I
> > am at my wits end. No matter what I try, I can not get X to
> install.
> > I have
> > tried all the semi-related potential solutions with no luck.
> Linking
> > /usr/bin/tar.exe to /tmp/extract.exe Copying /tmp/extract.exe to
> > /tmp/extract But, with the directory structure intact as indicated
> > in the
> > User Guide, I get the following:
> >
> > dmonk@DMONK-NT /tmp
> > $ ls
> > Xbin.tgz   Xfcyr.tgz  Xfsrv.tgz    Xlib.tgz   Xprt.tgz
> > extract.exe
> > Xdoc.tgz   Xfenc.tgz  Xhtml.tgz    Xman.tgz   Xps.tgz
> > startup-scripts.tgz
> > Xetc.tgz   Xfnts.tgz  Xinstall.sh  Xnest.tgz  Xvfb.tgz
> > Xf100.tgz  Xfscl.tgz  Xjdoc.tgz    Xprog.tgz  Xxserv.tgz
> >
> > dmonk@DMONK-NT /tmp
> > $ sh Xinstall.sh
> >
> >                 Welcome to the XFree86 4.1.0 installer
> >
> > You are strongly advised to backup your existing XFree86
> > installation
> > before proceeding.  This includes the /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11
> > directories.  The installation process will overwrite existing
> files
> > in those directories, and this may include some configuration
> files
> > that may have been customised.
> >
> > If you are installing a version different from 4.1.0, you
> > may need an updated version of this installer script.
> >
> > Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [n] y
> >
> > Checking which OS you're running...
> > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.2(0.39/3/2)',
> > architecture
> > 'i686'.
> >
> > chmod: changing permissions of `extract': No such file or
> directory
> > head: not found
> > extract doesn't work properly, renaming it to 'extract.bad'
> > mv: preserving times for `extract.bad': No such file or directory
> > mv: cannot unlink `extract': No such file or directory
> > mv: cannot remove `extract': No such file or directory
> > head: not found
> > extract.exe doesn't work properly, renaming it to
> > 'extract.exe.bad'
> >
> > The versions of 'extract' and 'extract.exe' you have do not run'
> > correctly.  Make sure that you have downloaded the correct
> > binaries for your system.  To find out which is correct,
> > run 'sh Xinstall.sh -check'.
> >
> > When you have corrected the problem, please re-run 'sh
> Xinstall.sh'
> > to proceed with the installation.
> >
> >
> > dmonk@DMONK-NT /tmp
> > $
> >
> > I'm sure this is known, but here it is anyway:
> >
> > $ ./Xinstall.sh -check
> > Checking which OS you're running...
> > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.2(0.39/3/2)',
> > architecture
> > 'i686'.
> >
> > Binary distribution name is 'Cygwin-ix86'
> >
> >
> > The last time I tried cygwin and X was right before this
> Xinstall.sh
> > thing
> > came into play. Now, with that script and relying on extract.exe,
> it
> > just
> > won't install.
> > Please help. I now have a need for this software.
> >
> > David Monk
> > System Administrator
> > Encoda Systems, Inc
> > 2862 Directors Cove
> > Memphis, Tennessee 38131 USA
> > mailto:david.monk@encodasystems.com
> > Tel:  901-395-8671
> > Fax: 901-395-8643