Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:35:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200411161335.iAGDZgl16435@panix3.panix.com> From: To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-reply-to: <6.1.0.6.0.20041115184142.04774780@pop.prospeed.net> (message from Larry Hall on Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:42:19 -0500) Subject: Re: /etc/profile error References: <200411152238 DOT iAFMc2u03761 AT panix3 DOT panix DOT com> <6 DOT 1 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 0 DOT 20041115184142 DOT 04774780 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> X-Original-To: kynn AT panix DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List X-Sender: Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:42:19 -0500 From: Larry Hall At 05:38 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote: >Whenever I bring up a Cygwin shell, I get the following error: > > bash: /etc/profile: line 196: syntax error: unexpected end of file Look for a very current mirror and update. Sorry for the very ignorant question, but what is one supposed to do with base-files-3.1-4.tar.bz2? Up to now I've been doing all installations with the Cygwin installer application I downloaded from the Cygwin site. Also, I customized this installation substantially. kj -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/