From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: bash problem. (Am I missing something?)
3 Dec 1997 10:36:43 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19971203125444.14018.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	jeffdb AT netzone DOT com
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT netzone DOT com (Mikey)
>To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>Subject: Re: bash problem.  (Am I missing something?)
>Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 23:46:09 GMT
>Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT netzone DOT com
>
>try 
>
>source ./test.sh
>
>#!/bin/sh causes the script to run in a subshell, so any exports
>are lost when the toplevel shell resumes. at least I think that's 
right;^)

wrong.  source is equates to Bourne's . command which will read the 
given FILENAME and execute the commands in the current shell context.  
This means that any environment variable set will remain at the end of 
the script.  Any cd performed will remain in effect as well.

>no idea where the error comes from unless #! aren't the very first 2 
chars in the file.
>

I believe the problem to be \r in the script file.  And possibly 
text!=binary.

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