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Re: Problem with sh/bash and snapshot cygwin1-20050825.dll
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:38:16 -0700
- Subject: Re: Problem with sh/bash and snapshot cygwin1-20050825.dll
- References: <430E9B0B.8040303@scytek.de> <430F252F.6090802@scytek.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Volker Quetschke wrote:
> > If I change the first line to:
> > #! /bin/bash
> > it surprisingly works with both snapshots.
> The surprising thing is that bash.exe = sh.exe (bash version 3.0-11).
It's not surprising, because bash sets itself in posix mode when invoked
as sh. It does 'cd' differently in this mode, as explained in that post
of Eric Blake's.
Brian
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