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Re: Here-Scripts in bash


Axel Buschmann <buschman@mechanik.uni-duisburg.de> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> i am using GNU-Win32 version 17.1 on NT 4.0 (Service pack 2) for
> Workstation. 
> 
> I have a problem with bash. The here-scripts do not work.
> 
> Something like
> 
> cat  <<EOF
> Foo and bar
> EOF
> 
> leads to an error message in the style: file not found with a very
> suspicious filename, consisting of a long number. Even bashbug.exe
> does not work due to this problem.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

Bash expects the temporary directory as /tmp, so run:

mkdir /tmp

Ciao
		Racke
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