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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: Minor /bin/sh bug
To: Paul Stodghill <stodghil AT cs DOT cornell DOT edu>,
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--- Paul  Stodghill <stodghil AT cs DOT cornell DOT edu> wrote:
> I believe that I am running the latest version of everything, including the
> 6/1 snapshot
> 
> The bug is that the "type" command returns the wrong file name when given an
> absolute pathname.
> 
> 	milhouse% sh -c 'type /bin/ls'
> 	/bin/ls is /home/stodghil/bib/bin//bin/ls
> 	milhouse% bash -c 'type /bin/ls'
> 	/bin/ls is /bin/ls
> 	milhouse% 
> 

Thanks for the bug report.  This bug is within the Cygwin dll in the winsup
code.


> By the way, which shell is /bin/sh based on?
> 

A modified version of ash.  Source is available from your favorite Cygwin
mirror.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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