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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-05-29 18:11:29 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-05-29 18:11:29 +0000 |
| commit | 84f6caacfb49f7832552761753965625e787433f (patch) | |
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Expand entry "why doesn't my script work"
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index 5b815595d..f4217052a 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ bash$ cd //MACHINE/Share bash$ mkdir -p path/to/new/dir @end example -@subsection Why doesn't my script work? +@subsection Why doesn't my shell script work? There are two basic problems you might run into. One is the fact that /bin/sh is really ash, and is missing some features you might expect in @@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ There are two basic problems you might run into. One is the fact that @item No job control @item No getopts @item No functions exported +@item Must use `.' instead of `source' (true of sh and ksh too, not just ash) @end itemize Or it could be a permission problem, and Cygwin doesn't understand that |