From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: problem with batch files.
16 Jan 1998 14:37:55 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19980115130611.20646.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	olc AT tele DOT ucl DOT ac DOT be
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Make certain that your file doesn't contain the \r\n combination.  It 
should only contain the \n combination.  Also, your mounts need to be 
text=binary.  Look at the mail archives for all kinds of banter on this 
subject.

>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 21:58:22 +0100
>From: Olivier Cuisenaire <olc AT tele DOT ucl DOT ac DOT be>
>To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
>Subject: problem with batch files.
>
>When I try to this very simple file (named coco):
>
>#!/bin/sh
>#
>ls
>echo hello
>
>I receive, after the result of the ls command, the following error:
>
>coco: o: command not found
>
>The problem being that it seems to delete the first three characters of 
the
>last line leaving only "o hello". This diagnosis is confirmed by the 
fact
>inserting any three characters at the beginning of this line will solve 
the
>problem, while inserting one or two characters give the errors "ho: 
command
>not found" and "cho: command not found" respectively.
>
>This is very discturbing when using more complex batch files (I 
actually
>would like to use the configure file to install lesstif)
>
>Is this a known bug for which a patch exists ? (I'm currently using
>sh-2.01, sergey's patch)
>
>Thanks.
>
>Olivier
>
>-- Olivier Cuisenaire, Ph. D. student --
>
>     " Whenever you find yourself on the side of the 
>       majority, it is time to pause and reflect. "
>
>                                   Mark Twain
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