On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> David Bishop wrote:
> > Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts
> > afterwards. I tried on the web and found some similar issues from
> > 2004, but with no resolutions.
> >
> > I am running:
> > > uname -a
> > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 davesxp 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin
> >
> > I can manually use the "cd" command without problems, but when I try
> > to use it in a script, I just get:
> > : No such file or directory
> >
> > The top of the script that I am trying to run looks like this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > #
> > rm -f putfile
> > echo "put supernova.html" > putfile
> > # Check the sn2006 directory
> > cd sn2006
> > down=0
> > .....
> > cd ../sn2005
> >
> > Manually, all of these cd commands work, but when I put them in a
> > script I only get errors. I run the script with:
> > . /home/dave/scripts/buildput
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Sure. First, don't send more than one copy of your report to the list.
> Second, read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here:
>
> <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
>
> That will give us something to go on. Two other things to try before
> going through all that:
>
> 1. Reboot.
> 2. Make sure /bin/sh.exe and /bin/bash.exe are the same size and
> date. If they aren't, copy /bin/bash.exe to /bin/sh.exe and
> try your script again.
Oh, and read the bash announcement and run your script through d2u.
Igor
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