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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:56:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with scripting files (== operator)
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Your command prompt is probably /bin/bash, your script uses /bin/sh?
That's /bin/ash, and you may have a syntax issue.
man ash
Try using test instead of [ ].
HTH

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Lynden Jones wrote:

> I downloaded just the default cygwin packages and ran
> into a single problem with running script files.
> Whenever I use the == operator (string comparison), I
> get an error that says: "[: ==: unknown operand".  I
> can execute the same set of commands from the command
> prompt and get no errors.  Does anyone know what is
> causing this problem?
>

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