From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: CYGWIN32??
6 Mar 1998 22:51:08 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19980304150744.15021.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	kfhender AT veribest DOT com
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>Date: Wed, 4 Mar 98 07:58:48 MST
>From: kfhender AT veribest DOT com (Ken Henderson)
>To: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com
>Subject: Re: CYGWIN32??
>
>  > From owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Tue Mar  3 23:25:42 1998
>  > From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com>
>  > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>  > Subject: CYGWIN32??
>  > Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 12:15:47 PST
>  > 
>  > Can the CYGWIN32 environment variable be modified after starting 
bash or 
>  > do the options need to be set before it starts?
>
>  I have observed that when changing it in bash that it has no effect,
>  So, yes, you must set it before starting bash.
>
>  Do you know why bash can't read it's own .bash_history in dos format?
>  According to the FAQ - "By default, tools that deal with binaries
>  (e.g. objdump) operate in unix binary mode and tools that deal with
>  text files (e.g. bash) operate in text mode".   Not so with
>  .bash_history.  I tried posting to the list, but got absolutely
>  zip response.

I don't know as yet, I'll suggest trying to add binmode or nobinmode to 
the CYGWIN32 variable.


>
>
>  Ken
>
>

Thanks for your response,

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