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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:37:27 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject: Re: Bash local builtin and redirection problems
To: Ray Pimm <r DOT pimm AT uq DOT net DOT au>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:00:14 +1000 Ray Pimm <r DOT pimm AT uq DOT net DOT au> wrote:

> I have successfully installed Cygwin on Windows 2000 SP3. However, when I 
> attempt to run a bash shell script that works fine under Linux, two 
> problems occur.
> 
> 1. The bash "local" builtin does not seem to work. Error message is "local: 
> not found".
> 
> 2. Both shorthand formats "&>file" and ">&file" for redirecting standard 
> output and standard error do not work. However, the longhand equivalent 
> ">file 2>&1" does work.
> 
> Strangely, both of the above features work from the bash command line (but 
> not from a shell script).
> 
> Cygwin version is 1.3.12-4.
> 
> Bash version is 2.05b-5. An earlier version 2.05a-3 also fails.

What is in your script's #! line?  /bin/bash != /bin/sh, sh is actually
ash, not bash.

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