Andrew, I cannot reproduce your result unless I do this:
% x="-l -d" % ls "$x" ls: invalid option -- Try `ls --help' for more information. I tried using hard (single) quotes for the variable setting command, but the result is the same. Likewise for $'-l -d'. I also tried using /bin/sh (ash, I believe), but again I cannot reproduce your erroneous result. I tempted to chalk this up to some kind of operator error... Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 15:29 2002-03-13, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >Perhaps this is more of a bash problem than a Cygwin problem however >Cygwin's bash is not acting like bash on Solaris. In Cygwin's bash: > >$ x="-l -d" >$ ls $x >ls: invalid option -- >Try `ls --help' for more information. > >Now on Solaris (also running bash): > >$ x="-l -d" >$ ls $x >drwxr-xr-x 4 adefaria other 512 Feb 22 15:13 ./ > >What gives? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
