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Re: Minor /bin/sh bug
- To: Paul Stodghill <stodghil at cs dot cornell dot edu>, "Cygwin Mailing List \(E-mail\)" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Minor /bin/sh bug
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Paul Stodghill <stodghil@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
> I believe that I am running the latest version of everything, including the
> 6/1 snapshot
>
> The bug is that the "type" command returns the wrong file name when given an
> absolute pathname.
>
> milhouse% sh -c 'type /bin/ls'
> /bin/ls is /home/stodghil/bib/bin//bin/ls
> milhouse% bash -c 'type /bin/ls'
> /bin/ls is /bin/ls
> milhouse%
>
Thanks for the bug report. This bug is within the Cygwin dll in the winsup
code.
> By the way, which shell is /bin/sh based on?
>
A modified version of ash. Source is available from your favorite Cygwin
mirror.
Cheers,
=====
---
Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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