From: Bruce Atherton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >95% of unix versions don't have /bin/bash
>
> The problem is that $OSTYPE is only defined in bash, so in theory the
> script itself requires bash.
Not at all.
sh does not (normally) fail on undefined variables.
It is perfectly valid to test the value of $OSTYPE on all versions
of /bin/sh.
> Does anyone know whether the members of the cygwin mailing
> list have any
> advice on the preferred method for detecting that you are
> running in cygwin
> from within their /bin/sh?
I don't know what they say, but I strongly suggest using uname.
For me, uname -a gives:
CYGWIN_NT-4.0 <<hostname>> 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 unknown
Or
uname -s
CYGWIN_NT-4.0
Is that still the case on later versions?
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