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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:14:57 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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Greetings, Sven Köhler!

>> alias vpnup='exec sudo openvpn --config $HOME/config/client.vpn --writepid /tmp/openvpn.pid &'
>> 
>> that's where his problem began, IMO.

> I don't know, why you pointed that out. It's of no use to feed a path
> like $HOME/something to a pure win32 binary.

You DON'T "feed a path like $HOME/something" !
The shell that run the script will expand variable before passing it to the
program.

> (Certainly, this hint is kind of important for the ubuntu version of the
> script, but not for the cygwin issue, which is solely because he's
> mixing cygwin and win32 and expects it work without any complication)

Not true.


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 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 08.08.2011, <12:13>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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