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Re: bash 2.01 and shell scripts
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: bash 2.01 and shell scripts
- From: mh at mike dot franken dot de (Michael Hirmke)
- Date: 06 Sep 1997 14:08:00 +0200
- Organization: Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (Nuernberg)
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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