X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46998EA2.5010208@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:04:02 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: source command horribly broken after Cygwin update References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Olivier Lefevre wrote: > Current bash version is 3.2.17(15)-release. When I read an alias file > with source weird results ensue. E.g., if the alias file is > > alias rm='rm -i' > alias mv='mv -i' > > then 'source /etc/alias' followed by 'alias' shows > > 'lias mv='mv -i > 'lias rm='rm -i > > A related problam exists with env file. E.g., after sourcing > > STUFF_HOME="c:\\aa\\bb\\cc" > CLASSPATH="c:\\dd\\ee;$STUFF_HOME\\ff\\gg" > > $STUFF_HOME is fine but $CLASSPATH is now > > \ff\ggee;c:\aa\bb\cc > > alias and env assignment work fine from the command line, so this > is a source issue. Does anyone have an idea of what is causing this > nonsense? Yes. Did you read the announcements/README? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/