Re: Howto force winXP use cygwin "if test -n"

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 08/27/2007, Hugo Martin (Tourbillon Enterprises) wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I need to use cygwin's "if" command, the ruby gem I need to install tries 
> to run "if test -n" in my winXP but the win32 "if" is used so it fails with 
> "-n was unexpected at this time".
>
> Is it possible to force WinXP to use cygwin's "if"?  c:\cygwin\bin is on 
> the PATH
>
> Hugo
>
>
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>
> If it's helpful here is the error:
>
> c:\> gem install rmagick --include-dependencies 

Run the above from within bash?

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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