Problems with man

Fri Aug 1 01:01:00 GMT 2003

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 05:09:10PM -0500, Kaufman, Duane (MED, LUNAR) wrote:
>Hi,
>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:33:18PM -0500, Kaufman, Duane 
>> (MED, LUNAR) wrote:
>> >$ man man
>> >/usr/bin/tbl: not found
>> >/bin/cat: not found
>> >/usr/bin/nroff: not found
>> >/usr/bin/less: not found
>> >Error executing formatting or display command.
>> >System command (cd /usr/man && (echo ".pl 1100i"; /bin/cat
>> >'/usr/man/man1/man.1'
>> >; echo; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/tbl | 
>> /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc
>> >| /usr/
>> >bin/less -isrR) exited with status 32512.
>> >No manual entry for man
>>>> Ok, something else to try. From sh, try:
>>>> $ d:/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd
>> $ /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd
>>>> Does either command work?
>>>Nope:
>duane@USD22C821 ~
>$ sh
>\[033円]0;\w007円
>033円[32m\]\u@\h \[033円[33m\w033円[0m\]
>$ d:/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd
>d:/cygwin/bin/cat: not found
>\[033円]0;\w007円
>033円[32m\]\u@\h \[033円[33m\w033円[0m\]
>$ /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat /etc/passwd
>/cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cat: not found
>\[033円]0;\w007円
>033円[32m\]\u@\h \[033円[33m\w033円[0m\]
>>But wait! When I try:
>$ cat /etc/passwd
>SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
>Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
>.
>.
>.
>duane:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11054:10513:duane,U-LUNARCORP\duane,S-1-5-21-
>25853599
>-59532045-941767090-1054:/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/duane:/bin/bash
>\[033円]0;\w007円
>033円[32m\]\u@\h \[033円[33m\w033円[0m\]
>$
>>What is going on? It seems as if ash _doesn't_ like the _full_ path (or
>one beginning with a /), but knows where to find cat and friends (ls,
>pwd, ...)

What does "which cat" say?
cgf
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