From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian T Zimmerman To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: .bashrc strange behavior Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:34:00 -0000 Message-ID: <87gc1lmtwf.fsf@amazon.lbin.com> References: <19990719222351.13288.rocketmail@web107.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-07n/msg00364.html Message-ID: <19990731183400.zOiZivjLP75XiskukGZ2159LsT0uogkQ_NWtabbsXDY@z> >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd writes: Earnie> This problem is related to the text vs binary issue. The Earnie> user has the files mounted in binary mode. The .bashrc Earnie> has \r\n (or text mode) line endings. The \r is being Earnie> input into the buffer instead of removed causing the Earnie> problems you are seeing. Earnie> This is the reason I preach leaving the default text Earnie> mounts and properly porting the code specifying the Earnie> processing mode. ... but of course this wouldn't happen were .bashrc created by a Cygwin program. They probably created it with Notepad or something. IMHO there should be a fat warning about this in the User Guide. It is mentioned there already, but too softly. :-) -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com