"Jan Weytjens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The error is in the shell command communicator tries to run with sh: > > ((/usr/bin/acroread /tmp/MOsomething.pdf); rm /tmp/MOsomething.pdf)& > > where MOsomething.pdf is a temporary file in the /tmp directory. > The problem is the (mis)matching of the parentheses. > When run in an xterm window, I get the same error message. > Apparently, the problem is with bash (/bin/sh is a link to /bin/bash) which > complains about about the following syntax: > > ((echo A); echo B) > > Interestingly, at work we use bash on both SGI and Sun workstations. > bash on Sun does have the same problem, while bash on SGI doesn't. > > Is there a clean solution?
Upgrade or downgrade Bash. This problem is specific to the 2.00 version in 1.3. The error occurs because bash parses the first two parenthesis as part of a (( )) construction (which has a special meaning). Wether this is an error or a feature is a subject of discussion, but the problem dissappears in version 2.01 - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
