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From:	Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
To:	"'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash
Date:	Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:51:25 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scheinert Frank EXT 
> [mailto:Frank DOT Scheinert DOT extern AT icn DOT siemens DOT de]
> Sent: 23 December 2002 13:20
> To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> Subject: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash
> 
> 
> Version : GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(8)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
> 
> 1st Bug
> following output is created by man, help and info commands:
> 
> myPrompt>man man
> bash: man: command not found
>


Install the man package if you want to use man.

however info documents it under bash---->shell builtin commands---->bourne
shell builtins anyway.

 
<snip some unneeded stuff>

> 2nd Bug
> User defined functions like
> 
> function usage
> {
> 	echo blabla
> }
> 
> produce a "function: not found" output.

use 1st line of #!/path/to/bash not #!/bin/sh
/bin/sh is ash not bash.


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