Re: Redirection Unexpected error

If you copy a cygwin symlink under windows it changes to a windows shortcut.
Those do not work under cygwin. Remove the .lnk file on your cygwin prompt
and ln -s a new one.

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: pgsql-cygwin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-cygwin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]Namens Jason Tishler
> Verzonden: dinsdag 30 september 2003 13:26
> Aan: Seth Rubin
> CC: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Onderwerp: Re: [CYGWIN] Redirection Unexpected error
>
>
> Seth,
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:50:47PM -0400, Seth Rubin wrote:
> > Both postmaster and vi exit with a "syntax error: redirection
> > unexpected" whenever they're invoked. I suspect this is more a
> > cygwin-related problem, but I haven't found much in any archive except
> > a similar query from 3 years ago.
>
> Note the following:
>
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/postmaster
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain U 23 Aug 5 09:36
> /usr/bin/postmaster -> postgres.exe
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain U 18 Sep 17 08:26
> /usr/bin/vi -> vim.exe
>
> Hence, both vi and postmaster are symlinks. It appears that symlinks
> are not working on this particular machine. Fix this problem and
> PostgreSQL should be OK. Sorry that I can't be any more helpful.
>
> Jason
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