2011/3/11, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 03/11/11 02:59, Rafael Kitover wrote: >> I can run native console apps from a console in a cygwin shell fine, >> however, for some reason they don't work correctly from a #!/bin/sh >> script. >> >> E.g., for activestate perl: >> TERM=dumb /c/Perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell >> run from zsh prompt works correctly with readline support. >> Now if I put that in a script: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> TERM=dumb /c/Perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell >> >> then when I run the script the readline support is disabled for some >> reason. >> >> What are differences in environment in a script as opposed to the >> regular prompt that would cause this? And is there a workaround? >> >> Does it have something to do with STDIN redirection away from the console? > Have you tried using Cygwin's Perl instead of ActiveState?
Not tested, but try explicitly enabling readline support with rlwrap: #!/bin/sh TERM=dumb rlwrap /c/Perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
