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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:19 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with the new base-files-4.0-5?
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 07:59:11PM +0100, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>Il 17/03/2011 19.00, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto:
>> I have just updated Cygwin, and now starting a console (Cygwin.bat or
>> MinTTY) prints:
>>
>> -bash: ${p}: ambiguous redirect
>>
>> and PRINTER variable isn't set.
>>
>> Reverting to base-files-4.0-4 works just fine and PRINTER is set
>> correctly to my default printer.
>>
>> In 4.0-5 it seems something is broken in /etc/profile.
>
>Perhaps you need this:
>
>- ([[ -e ${p} ]] && read -r PRINTER < ${p}) && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>+ ([[ -e ${p} ]] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}") && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}

Or even,
+ ([[ -e "${p}" ]] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}") && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}

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