On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Egon Schmid wrote:
> The problem is definitly bash 2.0. Try a real shell. This was an answer > from a netscape person (name forgotten but can be found in the emacs > manual) > > -Egon I linked sh to ash, but then another script with #!/bin/sh on first line broke. I took Michael Tempsch suggestion, got latest version of bash (from ftp.cdrom.com), compiled, linked it in, and it works. I am curious as to where the problem is - not to place blame but to avoid future problems. After all Linux is not Windows. King Lee > > > I have seen this problem before..... > > > > > Thanks Michael for quick response. > > > > > Hmm... will another shell give me still different error messages? > > > I load ash from cdrom, and /bin/sh -> /bin/ash - and IT WORKS. > > > > > > A problem with shells seems more serious than one with application; > > > should I report this to someone? if so who. The problem may be > > > with Netscape 4.04 since it seemed to have generated an illegal > > > script with ksh. > > > > If the problem is with Netscape 4 then they already know about itA few > > months > > back I was trying to get netscape to use > > "Play" to play wav file sounds....I had the exact same problem. > > I tried everything (including using "; & ' and a cast of other chgaricters) > > in > > the definition as to trick netscape into working > > I had no luck at all and never thinking it could be a bug in bash > > reported it as a bug in netscapes bug system > > just thinking now... > > maybe if I strace netscape....it will show what the actual command line > > that it > > passes is...hmm... > > but if it works with ash....I can see no reason as a temporary fix to > > change sh > > to link > > to ash > > (ill try it again when I get home) > > -Steve > > -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
