That's your bash version. What are your cygwin, libreadline6 and libreadline7 versions?
I have attached the output of 'cygcheck -svr'
And an example of a failing interpreter would be...?
You most likely haven't heard of it: Q (available from www.kx.com) Free download but need to register. Regards, -- O.L.
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Wed Jul 22 14:23:42 2009 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\WINDOWS\system32 c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem c:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Lenovo c:\Programme\T-Online\T-Online_Software_6\Basis-Software\Basis2\ c:\Programme\TortoiseSVN\bin c:\Programme\PHP c:\lib Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 1008(Olivier Lefèvre) GID: 513(Kein) 0(root) 513(Kein) 544(Administratoren) 545(Benutzer) Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 1008(Olivier Lefèvre) GID: 513(Kein) 0(root) 513(Kein) 544(Administratoren) 545(Benutzer) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS USER = 'Olivier Lefèvre' PWD = '/c/work/svn/markeridq/src/com/biocrates/markeridq/parser/biocyc' HOME = '/home/Olivier Lefvre' MAKE_MODE = 'unix' HOMEPATH = '\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Olivier LefSvre' MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man:/usr/ssl/man' APPDATA = 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Olivier LefSvre\Anwendungsdaten' HOSTNAME = 'wk1' TVTCOMMON = 'C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Lenovo' TERM = 'cygwin' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel' WINDIR = 'C:\WINDOWS' TEXDOCVIEW_TXT = 'cygstart %s' TEXDOCVIEW_DVI = 'cygstart %s' OLDPWD = '/c/work/svn/markeridq/src/com/biocrates/markeridq/data' USERDOMAIN = 'WK1' PHPRC = 'C:\Programme\PHP\' OS = 'Windows_NT' ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users' VBOX_INSTALL_PATH = 'C:\Programme\Sun\xVM VirtualBox\' JRE_HOME = 'C:\Programme\Java\jre6' !:: = '::\' TEMP = '/c/DOKUME~1/OLIVIE~1/LOKALE~1/Temp' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien' USERNAME = 'Olivier LefSvre' TEXDOCVIEW_PDF = 'cygstart %s' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '6' SHELLOPTS = 'braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:igncr:interactive-comments:monitor' FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO' SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:' JAVA_HOME = 'c:\Java\j2sdk1.6.0' TEXDOCVIEW_HTML = 'cygstart %s' USERPROFILE = 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Olivier LefSvre' CLIENTNAME = 'Console' PS1 = '\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\...@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ ' LOGONSERVER = '\\WK1' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86' !C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin' SWSHARE = 'C:\SWSHARE' SHLVL = '2' PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' OPENSSL_CONF = 'C:\bin\openssl-0.9.8k\bin\openssl.cfg' HOMEDRIVE = 'C:' PROMPT = '$P$G' COMSPEC = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' TMP = '/c/DOKUME~1/OLIVIE~1/LOKALE~1/Temp' SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\WINDOWS' PROCESSOR_REVISION = '170a' PRINTER = 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer' CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh' TEXDOCVIEW_PS = 'cygstart %s' PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Programme' INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '2' SESSIONNAME = 'Console' BUILDPATH = 'c:\work\svn\markeridq\classes' COMPUTERNAME = 'WK1' SONICCENTRAL = 'C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Sonic Shared\Sonic Central\' _ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = '/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = 'C:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/c (default) = 'c:' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options c: hd NTFS 234895Mb 68% CP CS UN PA FC Preload d: cd N/A N/A e: fd N/A N/A f: fd N/A N/A g: fd N/A N/A h: fd N/A N/A C:\cygwin / system binmode c: /c system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Not Found: crontab Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\patch.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Not Found: ssh Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe Not Found: vi Found: C:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe 61k 2009/03/02 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/2 3:52 7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 9:57 1075k 2009/03/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/25 18:21 703k 2007/12/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb-4.2.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 12:58 943k 2007/12/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb-4.5.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 14:12 1036k 2007/12/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb_cxx-4.2.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 12:58 1296k 2007/12/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb_cxx-4.5.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 14:12 118k 2008/05/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygexpat-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/5/9 6:03 9k 2009/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygffi-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygffi-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/6 14:37 40k 2009/03/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/1 3:40 41k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:37 48k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:25 42k 2009/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggcc_s-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/6 12:54 19k 2009/02/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/2/26 8:55 8k 2009/02/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm_compat-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/2/26 8:56 219k 2008/10/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggmp-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggmp-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/10/5 1:48 288k 2008/10/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggmpxx-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggmpxx-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/10/5 1:48 23k 2009/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggomp-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggomp-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/6 16:00 24k 2009/06/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/6/23 14:20 270k 2009/04/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygicons-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygicons-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/4/23 4:25 982k 2009/05/30 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/5/30 20:38 189k 2009/02/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygidn-11.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygidn-11.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/2/22 18:43 37k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/10 23:50 31k 2005/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/11/20 3:04 31k 2009/06/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/6/7 23:42 125k 2009/03/08 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-62.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjpeg-62.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/8 4:31 60k 2004/09/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygkpathsea-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygkpathsea-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2004/9/27 19:32 65k 2005/05/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygkpathsea-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygkpathsea-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/5/5 16:33 21k 2009/03/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/1 3:38 21k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:36 29k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:25 121k 2008/10/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmp-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmp-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/10/5 1:48 264k 2009/03/02 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmpfr-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmpfr-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/2 1:14 66k 2009/03/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/1 3:50 335k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:45 237k 2009/03/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/1 3:36 165k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:34 224k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:24 11k 2009/03/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/1 3:38 11k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:36 19k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 11:24 181k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/7 5:36 302k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcrecpp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcrecpp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/7 5:36 7k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/7 5:36 1543k 2008/07/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygperl5_10.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygperl5_10.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/30 18:06 243k 2009/03/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng12.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/7 22:04 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 7:45 155k 2009/06/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline6.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/6/23 14:20 232k 2009/03/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/25 18:22 8k 2009/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/6 13:49 493k 2009/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygstdc++-6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygstdc++-6.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/6 13:46 66k 2009/03/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtic-9.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtic-9.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/27 1:31 311k 2009/03/08 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff-5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiff-5.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/8 22:33 282k 2003/08/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiff4.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/11 4:32 281k 2009/03/08 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiffxx-5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiffxx-5.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/8 22:33 65k 2009/03/02 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/3/2 2:19 1829k 2008/06/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/12 19:35 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.5.25 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 156 Shared data: 4 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Thu Jun 12 19:34:46 CEST 2008 CVS tag: cr-0x5f1 Shared id: cygwin1S4 Can't find the cygrunsrv utility, skipping services check. Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\Downloads\Cygwin Last downloaded files from: http://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/software/windows/cygwin32/ Package Version _update-info-dir 00826-1 alternatives 1.3.30c-3 ash 20040127-4 base-files 3.7-1 base-passwd 2.2-1 bash 3.2.49-22 bash-completion 20060301-2 binutils 20080624-2 bison 2.3-1 bzip2 1.0.5-3 coreutils 6.10-2 crypt 1.1-1 cygutils 1.3.4-1 cygwin 1.5.25-15 cygwin-doc 1.4-4 d 1.2.0-1 diffutils 2.8.7-1 e2fsprogs 1.35-3 ed 1.0-1 editrights 1.01-2 expat 2.0.1-1 findutils 4.4.0-3 flex 2.5.35-1 gawk 3.1.6-1 gcc4 4.3.2-2 gcc4-core 4.3.2-2 gcc4-g++ 4.3.2-2 gettext 0.17-4 grep 2.5.3-1 groff 1.19.2-2 gzip 1.3.12-2 less 382-1 libbz2_1 1.0.5-3 libdb4.2 4.2.52.5-2 libdb4.5 4.5.20.2-2 libexpat1 2.0.1-1 libexpat1-devel 2.0.1-1 libffi4 4.3.2-2 libgcc1 4.3.2-2 libgdbm4 1.8.3-9 libgmp3 4.2.4-1 libgomp1 4.3.2-2 libiconv2 1.13-1 libidn11 1.9-1 libintl2 0.12.1-3 libintl3 0.14.5-1 libintl8 0.17-4 libjpeg62 6b-13 libkpathsea3 2.0.2-15 libkpathsea4 3.0.0-3 libmpfr1 2.4.1-1 libncurses-devel 5.7-5 libncurses7 5.3-4 libncurses8 5.5-4 libncurses9 5.7-5 libpcre0 7.8-1 libpng12 1.2.35-1 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline6 5.2.14-12 libssp0 4.3.2-2 libstdc++6 4.3.2-2 libstdc++6-devel 4.3.2-2 libtiff4 3.6.0-5 libtiff5 3.8.2-4 login 1.10-1 m4 1.4.10b-2 make 3.81-2 man 1.6e-1 ncftp 3.2.1-1 openssl 0.9.8k-1 patch 2.5.8-9 patchutils 0.3.0-1 perl 5.10.0-5 ping 1.0-1 procps 3.2.7-1 psmisc 21.5-3 python 2.5.2-1 readline 5.2.14-12 rebase 3.0-2 run 1.1.10-1 sed 4.1.5-2 sharutils 4.7-1 tar 1.21-1 tcltk 20080420-1 termcap 20050421-1 terminfo 5.7_20090228-1 terminfo0 5.5_20061104-2 tetex 3.0.0-3 tetex-base 3.0.0-3 tetex-bin 3.0.0-3 tetex-extra 3.0.0-3 tetex-tiny 3.0.0-3 texinfo 4.13-3 time 1.7-2 tzcode 2008h-1 unzip 5.52-3 util-linux 2.14.1-1 vim 7.2-3 w32api 3.13-1 which 2.20-1 whois 4.7.32-1 zip 3.0-2 zlib 1.2.3-3 zlib-devel 1.2.3-3 zlib0 1.2.3-3 Use -h to see help about each section
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