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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:34:31 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	chet AT po DOT cwru DOT edu
Cc:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: A small problem in Shell Scripts while using the built-in "read" function -- Options not recognised
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:22:05AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > The script is running under sh which is ash, not bash. ash doesn't
> > know these `read' options.  As workaround prepend
> > 
> > 	#!/bin/bash
> > 
> > to your script or start it via `bash -c script'.
> 
> Why the `-c'?  `bash script' should work just fine.

Chet, did you apply the pathcanon.c patch I've send you on 2001-11-17?

Corinna

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