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Re: bash 2.01/cygwin.dll problems


Hi Tibor,

> In looking through the mail archives i only found one other person
> with my problem with Sergey's update (8/10), namely bash hangs on
> starting less or vim.  It also doesn't want to accept my .bashrc (works
> fine with the b18 bash).
> 
> startup message is:
> 
> bash.exe: d:/tibor/.bashrc: error 0
> bash.exe-2.01$
> 
> Any suggestions?

Yes - read Sergey's homepage exactly !
He states, that you have to use binary mounts and change all your shell
scripts (and .bashrc is a shell script) from DOS format to U*ix format:
"Bash 2.01 fails to read scripts with crlf line separators. Leave single
line feeds."

> 
> --
> Tibor Polgar                                 Alteon Networks

Bye.
Michael.
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