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Re: newbie to cygwin questions


On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Kisacikoglu Gokhan wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:38:33 -0800 (PST)
> From: Kisacikoglu Gokhan <kisacik@yahoo.com>
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: newbie to cygwin questions
> 
> I am terribly sorry if these topics were already
> covered, but can't these going;
> 
> **** 1. setenv, getenv is missing!
> 
> > setenv fooEnvVar 1
> bash: setenv: command not found
> 
> 
> **** 2. I type;
> 
> > set fooSetVar = 1
> 
> and then nothing comes out this command;
> 
> > echo $fooSetVar
> 
> even with this;
> 
> > set | grep fooSetVar
> 
> So, "set" is broken for me...
> 

You dont use bash syntax ("fooSetVar=1" or export "fooSetVar=1")
moreover your questions are somehow off topic here and
you also should read the manuals before posting.

> **** 3. How can I make "more" work properly? 
> 
> > cat bigUNIXTextFile.txt | more.com
> 
> works, but the lines are not terminated properly, but
> kept as one continuous line (I believe this is due to
> the carriage return thing which is different from
> windows OS). It waits when the terminal is filled with
> text though...
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> -kisa
> 
> 
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