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Date:	Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:21:33 +0100
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From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To:	Evan Teran <emt3734 AT ritvax DOT rit DOT edu>
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Subject:	question about local variables in bash for cygwin
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On Monday 8 Apr 02, Evan Teran writes:
> Hello I have cygwin installed on my WinXP box and am loving it.  However
> I just noticed today that when I tried to use the local keyword in my
> bash script it gives me the error "local: not found".  The script works
> on a RedHat box as expected so I would think that this is a cygwin/bash
> problem.

Read the Cygwin FAQ entry "Why doesn't my shell script work?"

David


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