RE: RE: Bug with backticks behaviour in mSYS?

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> From: mingw-msys-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:mingw-msys-
> admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith 
> MARSHALL
> Sent: 03 January 2006 12:15
> To: mingw-msys-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Mingw-msys] RE: Bug with backticks behaviour in mSYS?
>
>
> Mark,
> 
> We don't distribute bash with any standard MinGW/MSYS/msysDTK package;
> (or rather we *do*, but we call it sh.exe, so it runs in its POSIX
> compatibility mode).  You *must* have acquired your bash from some
> other source, unless you are referring to the bash-2.05b-MSYS.tar.bz2
> appearing in the MSYS snapshot section of the download page -- and
> you should note that snapshots may not be stable.


Hi Keith,

Yes, that's the one I downloaded. The only thing I can thing of is that I
was symlinking between bash.exe/sh.exe whilst experimenting which may have
caused the confusion.

(lots cut)

> the backticked command is improperly quoted, and fails *exactly* as you
> have described:

Many thanks for your insightful reply - I've forwarded your email onto the
other developers of the project I am working on so that we can try your
suggestions on a wide range of platforms before committing them into CVS. I
don't suppose there is a "de-facto" specification document around that would
explain all the shell quoting rules?


Many thanks,

Mark.





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