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Re: shopt igncr not working


Rob Walker wrote:
Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:17:02PM +0300, Antti Tyrv?inen wrote:
Hi!

Installed latest cygwin and I met problems with bash and scripts which are in DOS format.

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.1.17(9)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

I read the mailing lists and I also tried to add ' shopt -s igncr;#' in the beginning of the script, but it didn't work. In my opinion, this is bad solution if I have to edit all my existing scripts.

All works fine with bash 3.1.6.

What I should do?

a) install bash 3.1.6 and wait for new
b) install bash 3.1.9. and convert all my scripts to UNIX format

b), i.e., use the tool the way it was designed to be used.


Saying cygwin's bash wasn't designed to handle CRLF is a lot like saying that cygwin's bash (as previously released all these years) wasn't designed to work with the rest of Windows. This might actually be the case, but I don't understand the point. If you don't want to work with Windows, why release for Windows?

Many, many other cross-platform products make allowances for CRLF (version control systems are a prime example) to maximize compatibility, and thereby their usefulness, on Windows. Cygwin's recent changes (with make and bash) here has put a real crimp in my plans to depend on cygwin for a portable build environment.

Just curious, is there a goal or strategy that drives changes like this?

Speed?


I think using 'igncr' should satisfy your complaints. If it doesn't, you need to tell use WHY (which, you'll notice, the OP failed to do).

--
Matthew
"I don't question your existence -- God" (seen on a church billboard)


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