Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000413110254.00d93cf0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:03:58 -0400 To: jase AT deadbeets DOT com, "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: bash expansion question In-Reply-To: <38F5E02C.B11CF6B1@deadbeets.com> References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 20000412235451 DOT 00939d30 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:56 AM 4/13/00, Jason Dufair wrote: >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)" wrote: > > > > At 09:28 PM 4/12/00 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hello - > > > > > >I have cygwin b20 running on WinNT SP6 > > > > > >at the command line I get the following: > > > > > >$ foo=bar/baz > > >$ echo ${foo%%/*} > > >foo > > > > > >However, if I have the following in a script: > > > > > >foo=bar/baz > > >echo ${foo%%/*} > > > > > >and then run it, I get > > >$ test.sh > > >ba > > > > > >It seems to be dropping one too many characters. It seems I've either > > >found an expansion bug or I'm misunderstanding something. Testing this > > >on my linux box (bash 1.14.7), it works as expected. Can someone > > >clarify this for me? Thanks a lot. > > > > > > > Sounds like a text/binary thing to me. Try setting adding "binmode" to > > your CYGWIN environment variable and restarting bash... > >Thanks for the suggestion, Larry. I tried it and it seems to have had >no effect. Can anyone duplicate this by chance? No, I can't. Are you sure you're running the same shell in both cases (i.e. is sh = bash and is bash what you're running)? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX (508) 560-1285 - cell phone -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com