Running Cygwin version 1.5.25-6 with version 3.2.25-17 of bash with Win
XP Pro...
Start up bash.
Enter these commands in order:
sh-3.2$ echo ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST > foo.txt
sh-3.2$ echo UVWXYZ >> foo.txt
sh-3.2$ cat foo.txt
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ
sh-3.2$ echo ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST > foo.txt
sh-3.2$ cmd /c echo UVWXYZ >> foo.txt
sh-3.2$ cat foo.txt
UVWXYZ
IJKLMNOPQRST
sh-3.2$
The first time that we use the ">>" redirection operator, it works
correctly.
The second time that we use the ">>" redirection operator, it overwrites
the beginning of the file rather than appending to the end.
The only difference is that the Win32 command interpreter CMD.EXE is
echoing the text rather than bash.
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