From:	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: Mingw (gcc 2.8.1) and sh/bash
12 Mar 1998 19:54:36 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19980312135633.16771.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
To:	afn06760 AT afn DOT org
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

>Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:04:35 GMT
>From: afn06760 AT afn DOT org
>Subject: Re: Mingw (gcc 2.8.1) and sh/bash
>To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>

>Since stdout redirection is broken in b19 between crtdll.dll programs
>and cygwinb19.dll programs, the portion of the Ming lynx make that does
>this fails, and you have to go back and run a batch file in Dos mode to
>make it happen.
>
>This is also the case in Dos batch files that used to work under b18,
>such as man.bat:
>
>	sh zcat %1 | nroff -man - | col | less
>will fail if nroff, col, or less are not cygwin programs.
>

The cygwinb19.dll and sh.exe updates listed on Christopher Faylor's page 
have fixed this problem.  Be sure to set CYGWIN32=notty before starting 
bash.

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