On 14-May-2000 08:32:15 Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 06:57:28AM -0000, Pollywog wrote: >> Is there anything wrong with bash 2.03-6? >> This is what I am getting when I su to root and there is nothing >> wrong with my .bashrc. The errors just started a while ago. >> >> bash: /root/.bashrc: line 37: unexpected EOF while looking for >> matching `'' >> bash: /root/.bashrc: line 63: syntax error: unexpected end of file >> >> It only happens when I su to root. > > that means that root's .bashrc (/root/.bashrc) has a stray `'' > character, check it carefully for any stray quotes. > > the error appears to be on line 37, or close to that.
There are no stray quotes, and the file had not been modified. I did not see this error until last night. thanks -- Andrew
