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From: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT banet DOT net>
Subject: Re: Bash 2.04 beta 6a
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At 11:52 PM 10/25/00 -0400, Mark E. wrote:
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 >I think so. The Bash manual says this about comments:
 >
 >   In a non-interactive shell, or an interactive shell in which the
 >`interactive_comments' option to the `shopt' builtin is enabled 
(*note
 >Bash Builtins::.), a word beginning with `#' causes that word and all
 >remaining characters on that line to be ignored.  An interactive 
shell
 >without the `interactive_comments' option enabled does not allow
 >comments.  The `interactive_comments' option is on by default in
 >interactive shells.  *Note Is This Shell Interactive?::, for a
 >description of what makes a shell interactive.

What mode (interactive or non-interactive) is DJGPP bash in when 
invoked by system()?  Does bash even know it has been invoked that 
way?  Does it depend on whether the user started out in bash or in 
COMMAND.COM?

I'm going to try the original perl test starting from a bash prompt, 
and see if that makes a difference.  I'll keep you posted.

Peter
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