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Re: [Beta-20.1 Win95osr2] Make problem with shell commands
- To: "Andrew M. Bishop" <amb at gedanken dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: [Beta-20.1 Win95osr2] Make problem with shell commands
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 06:19:32 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: cygwin users <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
---"Andrew M. Bishop" <amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Andrew,
>
> I have had two answers to this question by e-mail and both have told
> me to make sure that /bin/sh.exe == /bin/bash.exe. This advice is
> however a contradiction to the FAQ which states that the /bin/sh.exe
> should be the sh.exe from the installation. Can I therefore ask that
> the FAQ be corrected on this point.
>
NO! /bin/sh.exe should _now_ (for version b20) be the original.
> Unfortunately changing /bin/sh to be bash did not solve the problem.
>
> The operation of the '[' program should not be affected by which shell
> it is running under provided that shell is a Bourne shell replacement.
The following may correct this problem:
cp test.exe [.exe
==
- \\||//
-------------------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o-------------------
-- earnie_boyd@yahoo.com --
-- http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html --
----------------------ooo0O--O0ooo----------------------
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