Evan Teran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello I have cygwin installed on my WinXP box and am loving it. However > I just noticed today that when I tried to use the local keyword in my > bash script it gives me the error "local: not found". The script works > on a RedHat box as expected so I would think that this is a cygwin/bash > problem.
On Linux /bin/sh is normally bash, but on Cygwin it is ash, and ash does not support 'local'. Change the first line to #!/bin/bash and it should work. Cliff -- 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/
