Why do I get this in MSYS?
user@lappy1 ~ $ mkdir test sh: mkdir: command not found
Basic commands like cd and pwd work just fine. What happened to mkdir?
Why do I get this in MSYS? user@lappy1 ~ $ mkdir test sh: mkdir:
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Why do I get this in MSYS?
user@lappy1 ~ $ mkdir test sh: mkdir: command not found
Basic commands like cd and pwd work just fine. What happened to mkdir?
looks like your
$PATHis not set up properly, or your startup sequence is broken. what’s the result ofecho $PATH? there should be something like.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/binin the beginning.mkdirshould be in/bin, so if you have/binin thePATH, it should work. if there is nomkdirin/bin, check your installation. thePATHis initialized from/etc/profile– look if there is something likeexport PATH=...in it./etc/profileis read when bash is invoked as login shell, so also check if bash is started with the--login(-l) option (this usually happens frommsys.bat). last,cdandpwdare shell builtin commands, so they work in the shell regardless of anyPATHsetting.