Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-20 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
> From: Christopher Faylor > To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:47:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: Various shell problems > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: [snip] > > I

Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: >By 'normal' input I meant the 'dumb' input to programs which >issue simple terminal reads, e.g. cat or ftp (as opposed to shells which >do complex line editing.) I'll refer to this type of input as >'simple' input. For example, if

Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-18 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
> From: "John Morrison" > To: > > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:18:56 +0100 > Subject: RE: Various shell problems > > From: Dr.D.J.Picton > Hi :) > Thanks for the feedback, [snip] > > Unfortunately, I did notice problems with /etc/profile: &g

RE: Various shell problems

2003-08-17 Thread John Morrison
> From: Dr.D.J.Picton Hi :) Thanks for the feedback, > 1. I downloaded the new version of base-files (2.0-2) today. I > note that the > new config files now go into the /etc/defaults directory, which is a good > idea! Been that way for a while... but thanks for noticing :) > Although it does

Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-16 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:23:06 -0400 > From: Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Various shell problems > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > x-scan-bham: no > > Dr.D

Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-15 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:23:06 -0400 > From: Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Various shell problems > > > 2. SHELL environment variable problem. > >For

Re: Various shell problems

2003-08-15 Thread Larry Hall
Dr.D.J.Picton wrote: 1. I downloaded the new version of base-files (2.0-2) today. I note that the new config files now go into the /etc/defaults directory, which is a good idea! Although it does have one disadvantage - if there are problems in the new files, many existing users won't see them.

Various shell problems

2003-08-15 Thread Dr.D.J.Picton
1. I downloaded the new version of base-files (2.0-2) today. I note that the new config files now go into the /etc/defaults directory, which is a good idea! Although it does have one disadvantage - if there are problems in the new files, many existing users won't see them. Unfortunately, I did