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Re: Tcl exposes problem with cygwin/echo?
- To: "McCunney, Dennis" <DMcCunney@roper.com>
- Subject: Re: Tcl exposes problem with cygwin/echo?
- From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <vzell@de.oracle.com>
- Date: 14 Jul 1999 09:26:06 +0200
- Cc: "'Mike Kuhl'" <mkuhl@pixstream.com>, "Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- References: <65CAA822B707D211AD430008C7F40FED1F85B2@EXCHANGERSW2>
>>>>> "McCunney" == McCunney, Dennis <DMcCunney@roper.com> writes:
>> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kuhl
>> [mailto:mkuhl@pixstream.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 5:19
>> PM To: 'cygwin mailing list' Subject: Tcl exposes problem with
>> cygwin/echo?
>>
>> I seem to be having a problem. I'm using cygwin B20. When I
>> invoke a tcl interactive shell, and do this:
>>
>> % set test {"This is a test."} % exec echo $test
>>
>> I get this:
>>
>> "This is a test.\
>>
>> Under unix, I get the expected behaviour:
>>
>> "This is a test."
>>
>> Can anyone explain what the problem is, or what I'm doing
>> wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
I recompiled tcl from the Cygwin distribution as a X11 app by
undefining __WIN32__
In my case I get:
vzell:/tmp> tclsh
% set test {"This is a test."}
"This is a test."
% exec echo $test
"This is a test."
Ciao
Volker
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