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Re: [1.7] wordexp()/wordfree() missing?
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:48:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: [1.7] wordexp()/wordfree() missing?
- References: <gq6s15$9d5$1@ger.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mar 22 20:26, Ren? Berber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using Cygwin 1.7.0(0.193/5/3), there is /usr/include/wordexp.h but the
> functions defined there are not in a library (they belong to libc).
>
> Do I need a ?-development package? The comment at the end of the
> wordexp.h file is strange, it says you need bash... what has that to do
> with a library?
The library functions call bash to perform some actions. Don't ask
me for details, I never used that stuff. Which is no wonder given that
I didn't even know that the functions are available in newlib. I've
just applied a patch to CVS to export them from Cygwin 1.7.
Thanks,
Corinna
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