On Dec 14 10:12, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: > On 05/12/2025 19:48, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > > > Right now, our newgrp is commandline compatible with Linux' newgrp from > > > shadow-utils: > > > > > > - A single '-' reinitializes the environment. > > > - The group must be given as name, not as GID. > > > > > Hi Corinnathe current version of newgroup is NOT doing so. > It spins a new shell process
Yes, that is expected. "Reinitializes" didn't mean to reinitialize within the same shell, but by starting a new shell with the reinitialized environment. This is how it is supposed to work on POSIX systems. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
