> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Chuck > Sent: 17 December 2004 12:59
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bakken, Luke wrote: > |>Why would ksh behave differently under Cygwin than under Solaris? > | > | > | cygwin ksh is pdksh. The specific set of code you gave does > not work in > | pdksh. Read about it here: > | http://web.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/ > | > | "Its weak points are that there are still a few differences > from ksh88 > | (the major one is that `echo hi | read x' does not set x in > the current > | shell - the read is done in a separate process). See the > NOTES file in > | the distribution for more details." > | > | You can get a Cygwin ksh from www.kornshell.com > | > > That explains it. I'll check out the one on www.kornshell.com. Thanks. > At this stage of the proceedings it is traditional for me to have to explain that I am no relation.... :) cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/
