"Jan Weytjens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is the (mis)matching of the parentheses. > When run in an xterm window, I get the same error message. > Apparently, the problem is with bash (/bin/sh is a link to /bin/bash) which > complains about about the following syntax: > > ((echo A); echo B) > > Interestingly, at work we use bash on both SGI and Sun workstations. > bash on Sun does have the same problem, while bash on SGI doesn't. > > Is there a clean solution?
You can install ash and make that your sh; I also have bash 2.01 binaries built on my bo (libc5) system; however, I wasn't careful about the version numbers when I made them so they don't really fit into debian's version scheme, (namely, the version number looks like a maintainer's version number, whereas I am not the bash maintainer) and you'll have to remember to upgrade them manually if/when you go to hamm. If you want them, they're available at http://www.math.jhu.edu/~martind/bash/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
