From: aubrey@eden.com ("Aubrey McAuley") Subject: Re: Shell scripts? 15 Feb 1997 01:30:19 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199702142233.QAA13187.cygnus.gnu-win32@natashya.eden.com> Reply-To: aubrey@eden.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Comments: Authenticated sender is Original-To: scottk@utig.ig.utexas.edu (Scott Kempf) Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-reply-to: <199701272214.QAA04085@utig.ig.utexas.edu> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.52) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Scott, Is there any chance you could share those modifications with the folks on this list? We're trying to solve a nasty problem with spawning shell processes and your fix could be a great help to us. Thanks in advance for your help. On 27 Jan 97 at 16:14, Scott Kempf wrote, concerning: Re: Shell scripts?: > It is possible that you have more than one version of bash. > Make sure that all your bash.exe and sh.exe are the same > file length. Fork sometimes grabs the wrong executable. > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl.exe > > Will not work. Nor will "#!/bin/sh -x". > > I've made a patch to winsup/spawn.cc that seems to fix this. > I haven't sent it out yet, since I wanted to make sure it > was right. It seems that every version of UNIX I've tested > rewrites the arguments a little differently, so I just did > my own style. > > Can anyone tell me where I might find POSIX or X/OPEN system > standards on the web? > > Scott > - > For help on using this list, send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > Aubrey McAuley ---- Fineep ---- /---------------------------------------------------------------------\ | The Eden Matrix Online Service Adhesive Media, Inc. | | Web URL http://www.eden.com 101 W.6th,#210, Austin, TX 78701 | | voice: 512-478-9900, x201 dialup: 512-478-9963 | \---------------------------------------------------------------------/ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".