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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:13:10 -0800
To: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: Incorrect expression evaluation?
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Andrew,

I cannot reproduce your result unless I do this:

% x="-l -d"
% ls "$x"
ls: invalid option --
Try `ls --help' for more information.


I tried using hard (single) quotes for the variable setting command, but 
the result is the same. Likewise for $'-l -d'.

I also tried using /bin/sh (ash, I believe), but again I cannot reproduce 
your erroneous result.


I tempted to chalk this up to some kind of operator error...

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 15:29 2002-03-13, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>Perhaps this is more of a bash problem than a Cygwin problem however 
>Cygwin's bash is not acting like bash on Solaris. In Cygwin's bash:
>
>$ x="-l -d"
>$ ls $x
>ls: invalid option --
>Try `ls --help' for more information.
>
>Now on Solaris (also running bash):
>
>$ x="-l -d"
>$ ls $x
>drwxr-xr-x   4 adefaria other        512 Feb 22 15:13 ./
>
>What gives?


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