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Date:  Tue, 23 May 2006 10:46:53 -0500
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mwoehlke wrote:
> bob wrote:
>> I have an hp unix script that runs in ksh and am porting it to PC.  It 
>> uses and exports arrays in hp unix.  Does not seem to work in cygwin.  
>> Can anybody offer suggestions to accomodate?  I tried to put an 
>> example below, but I was labeled a top poster and it would not let me 
>> do it.  
> 
> It does seem like this doesn't work - at least, not how I would expect 
> it to - on bash (either on Cygwin or on Linux).

Oh, ok, it doesn't work in bash:

GNU Bash-3.0
...
BUGS
    ...
    Array variables may not (yet) be exported.

(Hmm... bugs: "it's too big and slow"?)

-- 
Matthew
Interix, Sphinterix. Cygwin apps don't crash. :-)


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