Can't set variables in a while loop that is passed to the rest of the script.

Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
Fri Jan 15 06:54:00 GMT 2010


According to Damo, David on 1/14/2010 3:39 PM:
> Hi,
> 
> I had a script that worked on UNIX, but on Cygwin it does not work. When I set a variable in a while loop I can't use it after the loop. However, this worked in UNIX. Any ideas why?

Yes.  ksh vs. bash.  http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ, E4.  Not
cygwin-specific.

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Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net

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