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Date:	Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:46:26 -0500
To:	Rick Rankin <rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com>
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Problem with bash command substitution?
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At 01:42 PM 2/25/00, you wrote:
>I discovered that bash is hanging on the following line in my .bash_profile:
>
>export NODE=$(hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
>
>If I type 
>
>hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'
>
>on the command line, it returns immediately with the results I expect. It only
>seems to hang inside the $() or `` command substitution mechanism. I currently
>have
>
>CYGWIN=tty notitle glob ntea nontsec
>
>and I have all text mounts. I'm using the latest snapshot. Has anyone else seen
>this behavior?
>
>Rick
>--
>Rick Rankin
>rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com
>__________________________________________________



You sure you're getting the Cygwin version of hostname and not the NT?



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