> Perhaps ... but I'm not running under bash and never have. Did I miss a > documented restriction that the programs *only* run under bash?
It depends on the package. With something like grep you cannot (?) call a egrep from cmd.exe/command.com per se as it is a symbolic link to grep.exe (a windows shortcut) but you could call it from bash > bash -c /bin/egrep within your batch scripts. Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- 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/