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> From: Geoffrey Ruscoe > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 8:05 PM > I am using the latest version of Cygwin (1.5.5-1) on a Windows XP box on a > domain (tried several fixes pertaining to changing the rights of > the cygwin > dir and whole c drive - Everybody full control). > > The problem is no command substitution works (using `'s or $()'s). > > After a fresh reboot (and the new version of the bash listed below), I can > successfully run the hang.sh (from below) or a different command > substitution - but only a couple of times, and then they quits responding. > Once one command shell quits responding no more command substitutions will > work from any window. IIRC it was cgf who wrote: > > I've put a patched version of bash up at: > > > > ftp://sourceware.org/pub/cygwin/tmp/bash.exe > > > > if anyone wants to try this. It would be good to confirm or deny > > that this fixes the problem for everyone. > > > > Btw, maybe this has already been mentioned, but here is a simple > > test script that demonstrates the problem when run from the console: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > exec 0<&- > > A=$(cygpath -A -P) > > echo $A > > > > Save it as "hang" and run it as "bash hang" and it should hang nicely > > with an unpatched bash. $ echo ""; \ for (( i=1; i<1000; i++)) ;do echo -en "\e[F\e[$((7*($i%2)))m$i - "; hang; done WFM $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 P450 1.5.6s(0.94/3/2) 20031002 00:47:53 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin 'cygcheck -svr' attached /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E -- printf("LocalTime: UTC+%02d\n",(DST)? 2:1); -- --END OF MESSAGE--
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