Bash 2.05b.04 - shopt extglob not working?

Jari Aalto+list.cygwin letters@hotpop.com
Sat Nov 9 05:03:00 GMT 2002


    Isn't this supposed to work under Cygwin bash? I have "shopt extglob"
    enabled.

    Jari

a=new;

case $a in
        -d) echo 1 ;;
@(add|new)) echo 2 ;;
esac

root@W2KPICASSO:~/config/shell/bash/complete$ bash -x ~/tmp/test.sh
+ bash -x ~/tmp/test.sh
+ a=new
/cygdrive/e/home/jaalto/tmp/t3.sh: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/cygdrive/e/home/jaalto/tmp/t3.sh: line 5: `@(add|new)) echo 2 ;;'


root@W2KPICASSO:~/config/shell/bash/complete$ shopt
+ shopt
cdable_vars     off
cdspell         off
checkhash       off
checkwinsize    off
cmdhist         on
dotglob         off
execfail        off
expand_aliases  on
extglob         on
histreedit      off
histappend      off
histverify      off
hostcomplete    on
huponexit       off
interactive_comments    on
lithist         off
login_shell     off
mailwarn        off
no_empty_cmd_completion off
nocaseglob      off
nullglob        off
progcomp        on
promptvars      on
restricted_shell        off
shift_verbose   off
sourcepath      on
xpg_echo        off



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