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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:32:28 -0400
To: "Fergus on Linux" <fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Strange problem after re-installation
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At 05:26 PM 7/30/2001, Fergus on Linux wrote:
>Following an unrelated problem with Windows I have re-installed Windows 98
>on a clean machine. My user name has no spaces (previously it did have). I
>installed Cygwin not from the net but from a Zipdisk containing a net
>download from about 2 weeks ago. This has installed successfully in the
>past. Two key files in /latest/cygwin are
>
>   64,618  15/07/01   6:32 newlib-man-20001118.tar.gz
>727,185  15/07/01   6:32 cygwin-1.3.2-1.tar.gz
>
>if this helps identify the system.
>
>The re-installation appeared to go OK but I have found that
>
>             echo $SHELL
>gives
>             /bin/sh
>
>(rather than the /bin/bash that I was expecting and got in the past). 


By default, all users are assigned /bin/sh by default.  If you want
/bin/bash instead, edit your /etc/passwd.  This is not new but may have
been something you changed in your previous installation long enough ago 
that you don't remember it.


>Also,
>compiled C programs that make system() calls result in nothing being done
>(or, nothing being seen to be done).  This is observed in numerous contexts,
>but the simplest is the following program, test.c:-
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>main(){
>   system("ls -l");
>   exit(0);
>}
>
>which does not complain when run, but the prompt returns with no 'ls'
>output.   This is true in the default Cygwin terminal window or in an rxvt
>window, under 'sh' or 'bash'.


Works fine for me on W2K and bash.  Perhaps you need to inspect your 
environment with cygcheck -s -r -v and/or your setup.log.



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
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