On Apr 7, John M. Rulnick wrote >Help needed. After upgrading today to bo's base and devel (and a few >others), I'm receiving the following message: > >sh: -c:line 1:missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression >sh: -c:line 1:syntax error near unexpected token ';' >sh: -c:line 1:'((gv /tmp/MO233499B410060202.ps); rm /tmp/MO233499B410060202.ps >)&' > >when I try to view a PostScript file under Netscape. For a long time >I have had 'gv %s' set up as a Helper under Netscape, with no >problems; clearly gv is being invoked, but is failing. What's >happening? Any pointers greatly appreciated. (Please "CC:" me >directly if possible.)
I had to deal with the same problem, and decided to change my /bin/sh to point to ash instead of bash. This solves this problem but can create others. One problem I noticed already is that ash doesn't seem to recognize ~usr or even ~. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical & Computer Engineering | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ The University of Texas at Austin | (512) 471-8011
