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Tag: cygwin

how do I get bash globbing to work in script

I am trying to convert some of my ksh93 scripts to bash in cygwin. I have found 2 things right now that give me trouble. The first is a function I put in .bashrc was not recognized in the script. I put the function in the script to get around that. The second is that it won’t glob like it

List and change directory and run command in Shell

I am coming back to shell after almost 6 years or so. I have a directory structure let’s say, MainDirectory –> subDirectory1/some.xml                      –> subDirectory2/some.xml                      …                      …                      –> subDirectoryN/…

mistake in cin.getline() to develop a shell

I am developing a limited version of shell for my self. Here is a C++ program What I am not able to understand is when I compile this program I am getting error in line and the error is following I do a $ g++ p3.7.cpp What is the mistake above I am doing. Do I need to include some

cygwin /dev/sd* disk association to hard drive

Under cygwin on Windows 7, how would I certainly determine the hard drive that some path /dev/sd* corresponds in Windows? For example, given cygwin path /dev/sdc, which Windows letter drive does it correspond, C:, D:, etc.? The following don’t appear available within cygwin; tool lshw, tool parted, path…

How tar xvfz works in cygwin?

I tried tar with xvfz and -xvfc both didn’t work in Cygwin on Windows. Here cmd tar with ‘-‘ Question : 1 . How does tar works with – or without _ ? Please suggest to execute tar -xvfz sshpass-1.0.5.tar.gz. Answer tar has 3 types of syntax (according to this ): long options (–fil…