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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:58:18 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Problem with sh/bash and snapshot cygwin1-20050825.dll
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Volker Quetschke wrote:

> #! /bin/sh
> ANT_HOME="/cygdrive/c/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin/.."
> ANT_HOME=`cd "$ANT_HOME" && pwd`
> [...]
> If I change the first line to:
> #! /bin/bash
> it surprisingly works with both snapshots.

Does the 'bin' subdirectory exist?  If not then you're probably running
into an aspect of <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-08/msg01097.html>.

Perhaps a better way to do this would be:

ANT_HOME=`readlink -m "$ANT_HOME"`

Brian

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