Re: FW: Eliminating need to run dos2unix on scripts on mounted drive

[yitzle <yitzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

On 8/10/07, Mary Ann Yeager <myeager@ghx.com> wrote:
> I have a new installation of Cygwin (Unix/binary mode selected) trying
> to run a script on a mounted drive.
>
> The drive is binary mode:
>
> g: on /cygdrive/g type system (binmode,noumount)
>
> When I try to run the script, I get the following:
>
> ./01do_build.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
> ./01do_build.sh: line 6: $'\r': command not found
> ./01do_build.sh: line 9: $'\r': command not found
>
> If I run a dos2unix on the script, those errors go away.  Running from
> another Cygwin install, I have already run the dos2unix command on this
> file via the mount, why do I have to run it again?
>
> Also, is there something in my setup that I can do to make it such that
> I don't have to run it at all?  A previous install of Cygwin did not
> require the dos2unix.
>
> Mary Ann Yeager
> Sr. Software Configuration Engineer
>
> Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC
>

During the setup, it asks you about what sort of newline you want to use.
If you select Windows/DOS type opposed to Unix type, you will not have
this issue

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