On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:00:14 +1000 Ray Pimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have successfully installed Cygwin on Windows 2000 SP3. However, when I > attempt to run a bash shell script that works fine under Linux, two > problems occur. > > 1. The bash "local" builtin does not seem to work. Error message is "local: > not found". > > 2. Both shorthand formats "&>file" and ">&file" for redirecting standard > output and standard error do not work. However, the longhand equivalent > ">file 2>&1" does work. > > Strangely, both of the above features work from the bash command line (but > not from a shell script). > > Cygwin version is 1.3.12-4. > > Bash version is 2.05b-5. An earlier version 2.05a-3 also fails. What is in your script's #! line? /bin/bash != /bin/sh, sh is actually ash, not bash. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- 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/
