problems with the %h flag to the date command
Several of my scripts are failing because date doesn't seem to properly recognize the %h flag. According to the docs: % man date NAME date - print or set the system date and time .. %b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) .. %h same as %b .. But here is my experience: % date +%d%b%y 14Jan03 % date +%d%h%y 1403 The %h argument works as advertised on RedHat Linux, and on several Unices. So, this has the earmarks of a cygwin-specific problem. I could not find any mention of this at the FAQ or mailing lists. My cygwin installation (Windows XP Pro) is no more than a few days old (cygcheck output attached...) There is an obvious work-around, but not one that I can see that avoids propagating changes (%h - %b) back to Unix origins of a reasonably large number of scripts. ..thanks!...dave case Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Tue Jan 14 20:14:54 2003 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Path: . C:\cygwin\usr\local\aspell C:\cygwin\home\case\bin C:\cygwin\home\case\amber8\exe-3 C:\cygwin\home\case\nab5\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\wnprun\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\rdb C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin c:\Program Files\Intel\Compiler70\IA32\Bin c:\WINDOWS\system32 c:\WINDOWS c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem c:\PROGRAM FILES\THINKPAD\UTILITIES c:\MSDEV\BIN SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS CYGWIN = `ntsec' HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\case' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/case' USER = `case' ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' AMBERHOME = `/home/case/amber8' APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\case\Application Data' COLORFGBG = `0;default' COLORTERM = `rxvt-xpm' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files\Common Files' COMPUTERNAME = `QUINE' COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' CVSROOT = `gamow.scripps.edu:/thr/gamow/cvsroot' CVS_RSH = `rsh' CVS_SERVER = `/usr/local/bin/cvs' CYGWIN_ROOT = `\cygwin' DELDIR = `/usr/local/qnifft22' DISPLAY = `127.0.0.1:0.0' DMF_PRESERVE = `1' DOMAIN = `.scripps.edu' ECHONOCR = `-n' EDITOR = `/usr/bin/vim' GRACE_HOME = `/usr/local/grace' HOMEDRIVE = `C:' HOMEPATH = `\Documents and Settings\case' INCLUDE = `C:\MSDEV\INCLUDE' INTEL_LICENSE_FILE = `C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Licenses' LIB = `C:\MSDEV\LIB' LOGNAME = `case' LOGONSERVER = `\\QUINE' MAILCHECK = `999' MANPAGER = `less -R' MANPATH = `:/usr/ssl/man:/usr/ssl/man' NABHOME = `/home/case/nab5' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' OLDPWD = `/home/case/amber8' OS = `Windows_NT' PALMTOPCENTERDIR = `C:\Program Files\Sharp\Qtopia Desktop' PARBODY = `._A_a' PARINIT = `Rgqr' PARQUOTE = `_s|' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0b01' PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files' PROMPT = `quine%% ' RTF2LATEX2E_DIR = `/usr/local/rtf2latex2e' SESSIONNAME = `Console' SHELL = `/bin/zsh' SHIFTSHOME = `/home/case/shifts' SHLVL = `2' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINDOWS' TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\case\LOCALS~1\Temp' TERM = `rxvt' TMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\case\LOCALS~1\Temp' TZ = `PST8PDT' USERDOMAIN = `QUINE' USERNAME = `case' USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\case' VISUAL = `/usr/bin/vim' WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS' WINDOWID = `8388611' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x0022 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x0022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `C:/cygwin' flags = 0x000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `C:/cygwin/bin' flags = 0x000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `C:/cygwin/lib' flags = 0x000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts (default) = `C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts' flags = 0x000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options c: hd NTFS 44725Mb 26% CP CS UN PA FC @ ', ' D . /cygdrive userbinmode,cygdrive C:/cygwin / system binmode C:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts
qRE: problems with the %h flag to the date command
Same results here. Perhaps a bug in Date. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A. Case Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problems with the %h flag to the date command Several of my scripts are failing because date doesn't seem to properly recognize the %h flag. According to the docs: % man date NAME date - print or set the system date and time .. %b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) .. %h same as %b .. But here is my experience: % date +%d%b%y 14Jan03 % date +%d%h%y 1403 The %h argument works as advertised on RedHat Linux, and on several Unices. So, this has the earmarks of a cygwin-specific problem. I could not find any mention of this at the FAQ or mailing lists. My cygwin installation (Windows XP Pro) is no more than a few days old (cygcheck output attached...) There is an obvious work-around, but not one that I can see that avoids propagating changes (%h - %b) back to Unix origins of a reasonably large number of scripts. ..thanks!...dave case -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: problems with the %h flag to the date command
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 08:37:54PM -0800, David A. Case wrote: Several of my scripts are failing because date doesn't seem to properly recognize the %h flag. According to the docs: % man date NAME date - print or set the system date and time .. %b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) .. %h same as %b .. Apparently newlib isn't implementing the '%h' option in its version of strftime. I'll submit a patch to newlib. I'll also implement '%l' and '%k' while I'm at it. A fix for this will be in 1.3.19, coming soon, to a... No wait a minute, I forgot I was going to be mean and hold onto 1.3.19 for a while... Bwaha, etc. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
