On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Fernando Tadeu C Brandt wrote:
> Netscape is showing the following error box when I try to open
> postscripts, sound file, etc:
>
> sh: -c line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression
> sh: -c line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> sh: -c line 1: '((gv /tmp/MO34FAF5B0003B1); rm /tmp/MO34FAF5B0003B1 )&'
>
> This is probably connected with some recent changes the I have made in
> the system. Has anyone had this kind of problem?
>
> Some typical lines in my .mailcap file are the following
>
> image/*;Netscape
> application/postscript;gv %s
> application/x-dvi; xdvi %s
> audio/x-pn-realaudio; rvplayer %s
>
> I am using Netscape Communicator 4.04 for Linux 2.0.32
>
This is the classic symptom of running the somewhat-buggy bash-2.0 in bo.
I would suggest upgrading to hamm to get around this. There is a bo
version of bash-2.05 around which provides a workaround, but you have to
be very careful when you do upgrade to hamm if you have that version
installed (I found out the hard way).
Bob
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