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From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke)
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: bash 2.01 and shell scripts
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 08:08:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6dMhtXO$pfB@mike.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <340BDBF3.67F8@ixos-leipzig.de>

Hi Gunther,

> Hi,
> 
> I have some strange problems using shell scripts with bash 2.01.
> Both bash and cygwin.dll are from Sergey's latest patch (08/10/97).
> 
> When I try to execute a shell script, for example a configure
> script, bash complains about syntax errors. However, the line
> numbers in the error messages do not match the commands bash
> complains about.

Why don't you guys read Sergey's homepage exactly ?
He states, that you have to use binary mounts and change all your shell
scripts (and .bashrc is a shell script) from DOS format to U*ix format:
"Bash 2.01 fails to read scripts with crlf line separators. Leave single
line feeds."

> 
> The most strange thing is that
> 
> cat configure | bash
> 
> works.

In this case "cat" handles the <lf>s.

> 
> Gunther

Bye.
Michael.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-09-02  5:19 Gunther Ebert
1997-09-06  8:08 ` Michael Hirmke [this message]
1997-09-07 10:59 Gunther Ebert

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