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RE: pwd vs $PWD, bash, cygwin vs Linux


----Original Message----
>From: John Williams
>Sent: 04 May 2005 06:20

> OK - I see the confusion.  Make is spawning ash as the subshell, not
> bash.  Now everything you said makes sense.  Out of interest, can that
> behaviour be modified at the runtime/user/Makefile level?

  The make documentation regarding $SHELL would suggest so.  Search for the
"Command execution" node in "info make".

    cheers,
      DaveK
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