At 05:38 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote:
>Hi. I just installed Cygwin on an IBM laptop running Windows XP. >Whenever I bring up a Cygwin shell, I get the following error: > > bash: /etc/profile: line 196: syntax error: unexpected end of file > >I don't see any problem with /etc/profile: > > 190 echo "mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd" > 191 echo "mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group" > 192 echo > 193 echo "This message is only displayed once (unless you recreate > /etc/group)" > 194 echo "and can be safely ignored." > 195 > 196 # only display the above once > 197 cp -f /etc/group ${HOME}/group.mkgroup_l_d \ > 198 && ( [ -w /etc/group ] || chmod --silent a+w /etc/group ; )\ > 199 && sed -e 's/^mkgroup_l_d/mkgroup-l-d/' ${HOME}/group.mkgroup_l_d > > /etc/group \ > >In fact, this /etc/profile file is identical to the /etc/profile files >in other Cygwin installations I have done recently, and do not >generate the error quoted above. > >Can someone tell me how to fix this problem? <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-11/msg00106.html> Look for a very current mirror and update. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/