On 08/30/2016 02:49 AM, Houder wrote: > ... uhm ... what about the explanation in the help? > > -o option-name > Set the variable corresponding to option-name: > ... > igncr on cygwin, ignore \r in line endings > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ... this help message should be 'upgraded', should it not? Sure, I'll tweak that text, once I can find what about igncr is making PS1 misbehave on \n. But help would be welcome, if anyone else is also interested in looking into the cygwin-specific patches and actually reviewing them. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org