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Subject: Re: source command horribly broken after Cygwin update
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, 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.  This nonsense is caused by CRLF line endings in your alias file.
Run it through d2u (and read the bash release announcement[*] while you're
at it).
HTH,
	Igor
[*] <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-05/msg00003.html>
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