Why doesn't ~/inputrc work

[Eric Blake]

On 04/20/2011 09:51 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> setup:  Cygwin (very recent update) on win 7 (64bit)
> 
>    ls /etc/setup/*read*
>   /etc/setup/libreadline7.lst.gz  /etc/setup/readline.lst.gz
> 
> -------        ---------       ---=---       ---------      -------- 
> 
> I've never had a cygwin install where using an ~/.inputrc worked.

Do you have CRLF line endings on your ~/.inputrc?  That would explain
failures.  To fix it, run 'd2u ~/.inputrc'.  Other than that, it works
for me, so I'm not sure why you're having problems.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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