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Re: cygwin32 FAQ addition: bash and <<here-files
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: cygwin32 FAQ addition: bash and <<here-files
- From: Larry Hall <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 08:42:14 -0500
Kudos to Tye and Geoffrey for taking the initiative to add this into the
FAQ and release notes. Perhaps we will no longer see this question popping
up 12 times a day with the next release!
Larry
>From: Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com>
>Subject: Re: cygwin32 FAQ addition: bash and <<here-files
>To: tye@metronet.com (Tye McQueen)
>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:22:42 -0800 (PST)
>Cc: noer@cygnus.com, lhall@ma.ultranet.com
>
>It'll be in the next release's FAQ as well as in the install notes.
>Thanks!
>-gjn
>
>Tye McQueen wrote:
>>
>> Excerpts from the mail message of Larry Hall:
>> )
>> ) You need /tmp. You should check the FAQ because this should be in there.
>> ) If not, send mail to noer@cygnus.com to get them to add it.
>>
>> Okay, there have been several calls to add this as a FAQ (and
>> declartions that it is THE most FAdQ).
>>
>> BTW, I did read the FAQ and the release notes and "searched" the
>> archive of the mailing list (there is no "search" option but I
>> read all the subject lines and any articles that had subject lines
>> that looked promising -- I even tried a couple of web searches).
>>
>> /tmp is mentioned at least twice but, aparently, not in the right
>> context [the only mention in the FAQ refers to making byacc work].
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tye
>>
>> ) Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
>> ) RFK Partners, Inc. (617) 239-1053
>> ) 8 Grove Street (617) 239-1655 - FAX
>> ) Wellesley, MA 02181
>>
>> Most of my original problem description:
>> >I installed cygwin32 B17.1 and I can't get here-files, "<<", to
>> >work in bash:
>> >
>> > C:\> bash
>> > bash$ cat >conftest.c
>> > This works.
>> > ^Z[CR]
>> > bash$ cat conftest.c
>> > This works.
>> > bash$ cat >conftest.c <<EOF
>> > > This doesn't.
>> > > [CTRL-D]bash: 49054596: No such file or directory.
>> > bash$ cat conftest.c
>> > bash$
>> --
>> Tye McQueen tye@metronet.com || tye@thingy.usu.edu
>> Nothing is obvious unless you are overlooking something
>> http://www.metronet.com/~tye/ (scripts, links, nothing fancy)
>>
>
>
>--
>Geoffrey Noer
>noer@cygnus.com
>
>
Larry
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