-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Norton Allen on 1/29/2007 8:00 PM: >>> >>> PID=`cat $PIDFILE` >> >> No, this is a text mount:
That's the answer. You are creating PIDFILE with \r\n line endings, but cat always reads in binary mode. Try PID=`cat $PIDFILE | d2u` instead. Or try using the igncr shell option. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFvsHC84KuGfSFAYARAthSAJ4ueC7VGD3iZR33FVoVcb7YqYr05QCgrIGA 5nGWqQDb23jeRsrPO/12mT8= =cund -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/