From: pete@horus.cix.co.uk (Pete Jordan)
Subject: Re: Perl and bash
31 Aug 1998 19:27:24 -0700
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Robin Crampton <rcrampton@armature.com> wrote:

> Running this program:
> 
>  #!/usr/local/perl/qub/perl -w
>  print "Your name? ";
>  $name = <STDIN>;
>  chomp ($name);
>  print "Welcome $name!\n";
> 
> The third line doesn't block.

Known problem. Try adding "tty" to your CYGWIN32 environment variable.

Pete Jordan ~ Horus Communications Ltd ~ http://www.horus.cix.co.uk/

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 That sounds better.'"
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