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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: bash -c error
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:53:48 -0000
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Krzysztof Duleba wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
>>> $ bash -c time
>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>> 
>>> $ uname -a
>>> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 DULI2 1.5.19s(0.141/4/2) 20051020 10:37:08 i686 unknown
>>> unknown Cygwin 
>>> 
>>> Reproduced on several machines. I wonder what can it be.
>> 
>> Just try running 'time' from the bash prompt.  You get a SEGV from strlen
>> AFAICT.
> 
> No, I don't. But I do get a strange behaviour with
> 
> time for ((i=0;i<=100++)) do :; done

  It works fine if you fix the bug :)
 
> Now bash window simply disappears.

  Run it in a bash subshell and you'll see:

dk AT espanola ~> time for ((i=0;i<=100++)) do :; done
bash: syntax error: arithmetic expression required
bash: syntax error: `((i=0;i<=100++))'
Segmentation fault
dk AT espanola ~>


    cheers,
      DaveK
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