>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Betts writes: Phil> Under cygwin, this breaks down. The output from echo is not Phil> correctly interleaved with the output of the external Phil> command
Phil> b) the external commands are run asynchronously as Phil> background tasks. Did you see the patch at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00882.html? I predict it will fix your problem. -- Adelle Davis used to say that she never saw anyone get cancer who drank a quart of milk daily, as she did. She stopped saying that when she died of cancer in 1974. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/