Getting Cygwin to recognize 'clear' command

[Tony_G.]

Hello

This is day one of my learning how to code . I've run into a little problem.

The book I'm reading (C Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Michael Vine), is just starting off with some simple Cygwin commands, and one of them is the $ clear command. Whenever I type in 'clear', it says command not found.

I downloaded Cygwin twice from the official site, and it says that there's nothing new to install, so I know I'm not missing a file or anything. I also went into the System Path and put in ;C:\cygwin\bin like the book said to, but that didn't fix it either.

My computer is running on Windows XP.

Thanks!

[Tony_G.]

Oop--snag number two:

when I type in 'man' to get to the manual it says:

Warning: cannot open configuration file /usr/share/misc/man.conf.

[wtd]

Are you certain you ran the setup fully? I did the same just a week or so ago and I have clear.

At the prompt try: "which clear"

[Tony_G.]

Yes, I'm pretty sure.

code:

Garant Family@Garant ~ $ which clear clear: Command not found.

[wtd]

How odd.

[md]

If you don't mind downloading lots and lots of stuff you'll almost certainly never use you can always run cygwin setup and install everything. That *should* fix your problem.

[Tony_G.]

That's the problem--I already have.

[md]

sounds like an install problem then. Uinstall everything; then delete the cygwin folder and install again. So long as everything that was downloaded is still cached your good.