Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020408115704.0236ac58@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:00:28 -0400 To: "James Raftery" , cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: shell script hanging In-Reply-To: <10204081649.ZM16441@pec3.sc.ch.man.ac.uk> References: <"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <4.3.1.2.20020408103630.020b99c0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:49 AM 4/8/2002, James Raftery wrote: >Hello Larry, > As requested >strace ./test.com: also hung ^^^^^^^^^ Why are you calling the script "test.com"? Don't use ".com". I'd also recommend not using "test" as the name, as you might run into problems with the script built-in "test" command. If you must use an extension for your scripts, use ".sh". "foo" is a good name for a test script if you can't think of another. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/