Re: Problem with cygwin-1.1.2 gawk-3.0.4 [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gawk-3.0.4]

[Christian Jönsson <c dot christian dot joensson at telia dot com>]

thanks, i tried that, in a dos shell, I did a set CYGWIN=notty nobinmode
and the started cygwin.bat in that dos shell. Unfortunately, no go... :-(

/ChJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
To: "Christian_Jönsson" <c.christian.joensson@telia.com>; <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with cygwin-1.1.2 gawk-3.0.4 [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gawk-3.0.4]


> --- Christian_Jönsson <c.christian.joensson@telia.com> wrote:
> -8<-
> > 
> > The very trivial test1.tcl script is this:
> > 
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ less test1.tcl
> > set awkCode { { print " "; } }
> > 
> > exec awk $awkCode
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$
> > 
> > now, it might be my total lack of tcl script writing and thus a PATH
> > problem, a cygtcl problem with PATH or awk. hmm, perhaps the link
> > awk -> gawk...
> > 
> > changing and trying again...
> > 
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ less test1.tcl
> > set awkCode { { print " "; } }
> > 
> > exec gawk $awkCode
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ cygtclsh80.exe test1.tcl
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:1:  { print "
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:1:          ^ unterminated string
> >     while executing
> > "exec gawk $awkCode"
> >     (file "test1.tcl" line 3)
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ 
> > 
> > hmm, there is is, the unterminated string problem, test case 1. (and a
> > discoverg cygtcl "feauture" :), couldn't handle the awk.exe -> gawk.exe
> > link...
> > 
> > now, changing test2.tcl and trying again...
> > 
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ less test2.tcl
> > set awkCode { BEGIN { print "\"flow 0" }{ print " "; } }
> > 
> > exec gawk $awkCode
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ cygtclsh80.exe test2.tcl
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:2: (END OF FILE)
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:2: parse error
> >     while executing
> > "exec gawk $awkCode"
> >     (file "test2.tcl" line 3)
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$
> > 
> > same with test3.tcl...
> > 
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ less test3.tcl
> > set awkCode { BEGIN {prev=-1; }{ print " "; } }
> > 
> > exec gawk $awkCode
> > 
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$ cygtclsh80.exe test3.tcl
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:1:  BEGIN {prev=-1; }{ print "
> > gawk.exe: cmd. line:1:                           ^ unterminated string
> >     while executing
> > "exec gawk $awkCode"
> >     (file "test3.tcl" line 3)
> > BASH.EXE-2.04$
> > 
> 
> When communicating between Cygwin and non-Cygwin programs you should `SET
> CYGWIN=notty nobinmode' before starting bash, YMMV so it might not help your
> case.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> =====
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