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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:38:16 -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:

> > If I change the first line to:
> > #! /bin/bash
> > it surprisingly works with both snapshots.
> The surprising thing is that bash.exe = sh.exe (bash version 3.0-11).

It's not surprising, because bash sets itself in posix mode when invoked
as sh.  It does 'cd' differently in this mode, as explained in that post
of Eric Blake's.

Brian

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