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From:	"Cliff Hones" <cliff AT aonix DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: question about local variables in bash for cygwin
Date:	Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:29:55 +0100
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Evan Teran <emt3734 AT ritvax DOT isc DOT rit DOT edu> 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.

On Linux /bin/sh is normally bash, but on Cygwin it is ash,
and ash does not support 'local'.  Change the first line
to #!/bin/bash and it should work.

Cliff



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