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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:02:27 -0500
From: "David Weintraub" <qazwart AT gmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Error for Kornshell in /etc/profile
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Not sure who to send this to, but there's a minor error in the
/etc/profile file when setting PS1 for Kornshell.

Line 99 contains several instances of  the literal "^[" when it should
be an actual <ESC> (which is a <Ctrl-[>). It looks the same in VI, but
it doesn't quite work when attempting to execute.

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David Weintraub
qazwart AT gmail DOT com

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