Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-Id: <4.3.2.20000225134510.00d01e60@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:46:26 -0500 To: Rick Rankin From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Problem with bash command substitution? Cc: "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" In-Reply-To: <20000225184216.27967.qmail@web804.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 01:42 PM 2/25/00, you wrote: >I discovered that bash is hanging on the following line in my .bash_profile: > >export NODE=$(hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') > >If I type > >hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' > >on the command line, it returns immediately with the results I expect. It only >seems to hang inside the $() or `` command substitution mechanism. I currently >have > >CYGWIN=tty notitle glob ntea nontsec > >and I have all text mounts. I'm using the latest snapshot. Has anyone else seen >this behavior? > >Rick >-- >Rick Rankin >rick_rankin@yahoo.com >__________________________________________________ You sure you're getting the Cygwin version of hostname and not the NT? Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX (508) 560-1285 - cell phone -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com