From: earnie_boyd@hotmail.com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: CYGWIN32?? 6 Mar 1998 22:51:08 -0800 Message-ID: <19980304150744.15021.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: kfhender@veribest.com Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Date: Wed, 4 Mar 98 07:58:48 MST >From: kfhender@veribest.com (Ken Henderson) >To: earnie_boyd@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: CYGWIN32?? > > > From owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Tue Mar 3 23:25:42 1998 > > From: "Earnie Boyd" > > To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com > > Subject: CYGWIN32?? > > Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 12:15:47 PST > > > > Can the CYGWIN32 environment variable be modified after starting bash or > > do the options need to be set before it starts? > > I have observed that when changing it in bash that it has no effect, > So, yes, you must set it before starting bash. > > Do you know why bash can't read it's own .bash_history in dos format? > According to the FAQ - "By default, tools that deal with binaries > (e.g. objdump) operate in unix binary mode and tools that deal with > text files (e.g. bash) operate in text mode". Not so with > .bash_history. I tried posting to the list, but got absolutely > zip response. I don't know as yet, I'll suggest trying to add binmode or nobinmode to the CYGWIN32 variable. > > > Ken > > Thanks for your response, - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd@hotmail.com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".