Re: rm command missing after update

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

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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