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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin@exposure.org.uk>,
   "cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>,
   "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>
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Subject: Re: Setup 2.249.2.5, Package 'grep' 2.5-1, missing 'egrep.exe'  and 'fgrep.exe'
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:12:58 -0000
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Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>> Perhaps ... but I'm not running under bash and never have.  Did I
>> miss a documented restriction that the programs *only* run under
>> bash?
>
> It depends on the package. With something like grep you cannot (?)
> call a egrep from cmd.exe/command.com per se as it is a symbolic link
> to grep.exe (a windows shortcut) but you could call it from bash

Ah, but since it is created by setup, it is a system-cookie type symlink,
not a windows-shortcut type symlink.

>> bash -c /bin/egrep
>
> within your batch scripts.

What about grep -E ? (Which is preferred anyway for maximum portability.)

Max.


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