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call function


See the FAQ entry "Why doesn't my shell script work?".

Let us know if that does not answer your question.

Thanks,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)

On Tuesday 29 Jan 02, Tiffany Chan writes:
> In Unix, "function" can be added in script, e.g.
> 
> #!/usr/bin/sh
> #
> function outmessage
> {
>    echo $1;
>    :
>    :
> }
> #Main 
> echo "Welcome"
> :
> :
> outmessage "hello amy"
> outmessage "hello peter"
> :
> :
> exit 0
> 
> I try to call function outmessage in Cygwin, but it
> does work,
> 
> function:not found
>  
> What do I need to change for above script in order to
> use "function" ?
> 
> thanks !
> 
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