"Tom Lauren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > For example: > CMDNAME=`basename $0` -->says : not found. But, as c.-l. it works.?! It > canīt do the command in `ī? > > Or: > stty -echo > /dev/null 2>&1 -->doesnīt recognize at all >
Tom, It sounds like the subsequent invoking of the shell isn't getting the proper environment passed to it. What happens when you do this: $ set > main_env.txt $ bash $ set > child_env.txt $ exit $ diff main_env.txt child_env.txt Regards, Shelby Cain -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/