Hi, Kenneth Nellis, le Wed 31 May 2006 10:07:48 -0400, a écrit : > Furthermore, "echo $COLUMNS" and "printenv COLUMNS" don't agree.
Note: echo $COLUMNS prints your shell's internal COLUMNS variable, while printenv COLUMNS prints the COLUMNS environment variable that the shell gives to children processes. That explains how the values can differ (it does not explain why printenv's value is not always correct). Samuel -- 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/