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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1997-09-02 5:19 Gunther Ebert
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1997-09-07 10:59 Gunther Ebert
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