My mistake! I didn't realize that I hadn't emailed the list. Thanks for replying.
Okay, so progress has been made. I ran the tool with the ./ prefix, as $ ./gnulib-tool --help. I get the following error:
./gnulib-tool: line 18: $'\r' : command not found
This error repeats several times with different line numbers. I suspect it's a problem with the back-slash not being recognized. As I said, I'm calling the tool from cygwin in Windows Vista.
Right now I am unsure of how to fix this problem. I am currently looking back through the manual and doing a search to see if I can find out what the solution is. If anyone has any advice I'd be grateful. Also, if I find anything I will post back.
Thanks again, all!
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Bruno Haible
<address@hidden> wrote:
Hello,
> it appears that gnulib-tool is to be implemented from
> the cygwin bash shell, after navigating to the directory where gnulib was
> downloaded.
gnulib-tool is a shell script, yes.
> As a test, I opened cygwin, changed my directory to where gnulib-tool was
> downloaded, and typed at the prompt:
>
> $ gnulib-tool --help
>
> The response from the shell was:
>
> bash: gnulib-tool: command not found
For starting programs that are in directories not listed in $PATH you
need to prepend an indication of the directory:
$ ./gnulib-tool --help
Manuals usually assume that PATH contains the directory of the programs to
be invoked.
Btw, please keep the mailing list in CC of replies. gnulib is developed
collaboratively. While I was away for a few hours, I expected someone else
from the mailing list to answer your question - and then only realized that
by sending it to me privately, you had chosen to make this impossible.
Bruno