From: wrichard AT direct DOT ca (Wade Richards)
Subject: RE: Strange configuration script problems...
24 Nov 1996 13:58:20 -0800
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At 11:08 23/11/96 -0000, Warren & SLS Knight wrote:
}The problem appears to be with how the BASH shell handles the
}the << operator.  You will see what I mean if you try the following 
}in bash:
}  bash$ cat <<EOF 
}  > This is a test
}  > EOF
}  BASH.EXE: 9146372: No such file or directory

The problem is quite simple.  Bash wants to create the in-line file in /tmp.
You don't have a directory /tmp.  Therefore bash fails.

Either create a directory c:\tmp, or use mount to map /tmp to some other
directory.  Test that the directory exists by executing "echo foo >
/tmp/foo.txt; cat /tmp/foo.txt" from Bash.
Note that many UNIX based programs will assume /tmp exists, this isn't a
bash-specific thing.

        --- Wade
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