Re: Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

David Bishop wrote:
> Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts 
> afterwards.  I tried on the web and found some similar issues from 2004, 
> but with no resolutions.
>
> I am running:
>  > uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 davesxp 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin
>
> I can manually use the "cd" command without problems, but when I try to 
> use it in a script, I just get:
> : No such file or directory
>
> The top of the script that I am trying to run looks like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> rm -f putfile
> echo "put supernova.html" > putfile
> # Check the sn2006 directory
> cd sn2006
> down=0
> .....
> cd ../sn2005
>
> Manually, all of these cd commands work, but when I put them in a script 
> I only get errors.  I run the script with:
> . /home/dave/scripts/buildput
>
> Any ideas?

Sure.  First, don't send more than one copy of your report to the list.
Second, read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here:

<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

That will give us something to go on.  Two other things to try before
going through all that:

  1. Reboot.
  2. Make sure /bin/sh.exe and /bin/bash.exe are the same size and
     date.  If they aren't, copy /bin/bash.exe to /bin/sh.exe and
     try your script again.

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