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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:09:14 +0100
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
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To: "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Arrays in Cygwin?
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	<AHENJAAPGAHKCFPLDPOJOEKNCGAA.relaxedrob@optushome.com.au>

On Friday 31 May 02, Robert Mark Bram writes:
> The excerpt below shows the error I get from trying to run a script with an
> array in it.
> 
> ...
> 
> Robert Mark Bram@DIJONG /home/Rob/
> $ sh ./ass1.sh
> ./ass1.sh: 4: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

"sh" is not bash.  "sh" does not have arrays.  "bash" does.

David


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