Hi, I have the following script (a.ksh) :
$ cat a.ksh #!/usr/bin/ksh -x echo $* getopts abc var echo $? echo $var echo $OPTIND echo $OPTARG shift echo $* getopts abc var echo $? echo $var echo $OPTIND echo $OPTARG When run on AIX ksh, it produces the following (expected output) : $ ./a.ksh -a something + echo -a something -a something + getopts abc var + echo 0 0 + echo a a + echo 2 2 + echo + shift + echo something something + getopts abc var + echo 1 1 + echo ? ? + echo 2 2 + echo On Cygwin (pdksh 5.2.14-3), it produces : bash-2.05b$ ./a.ksh -a something + echo -a something -a something + getopts abc var + echo 0 0 + echo a a + echo 2 2 + echo + shift + echo something something + getopts abc var ./a.ksh[14]: -m: unknown option + echo 0 0 + echo ? ? + echo 2 2 + echo Why is it dying like this? Thanks, Kenneth -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/