"J.D. Laub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Here's a simple test case that shows the behavior I'm seeing: > $ dummy=`ps > /tmp/foo` > $ cat /tmp/foo > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > I 1268 1 1268 1268 con 12917 07:42:04 /usr/bin/bash > 1388 1268 1268 1388 con 12917 07:42:19 /usr/bin/bash > 1408 1388 1408 1332 con 12917 07:42:20 /usr/bin/ps > > Anytime ps is called from command substitution, an 'I' gets > prepended to the line for the top shell. > I see this too (cygwin-1.3.19-1).
> ps isn't in its own package, and I can't find docs on where to > look to find out in which package it was delivered. I can help you there, try <http://cygwin.com/packages/>. It helps to narrow things down if you give a bit more than just the filename, e.g., usr/bin/ps (note: no leading / though). >From here you'll see ps is in the cygwin package. -- Andrew -- 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/
