Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20020923192808.00a6a7a8@fox.uq.net.au> X-Sender: zzrpimm AT fox DOT uq DOT net DOT au Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:31:39 +1000 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Ray Pimm Subject: Bash local builtin and redirection problems Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Thanks Randall and Michael #!/bin/bash instead of #!/bin/sh did the trick! >Ray, > >Were I to guess why "local" and the I/O redirection syntax _appear_ to be >missing when your script executes, I'd guess that it's because the >script(s) in question begins with this: > >#!/bin/sh > >Under Cygwin, /bin/sh is Ash, not BASH. > >Randall Schulz >Mountain View, CA USA > > >At 18:00 2002-09-21, Ray Pimm 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. >> >>Ray -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/