[Possible BUG] VIM and execution of external commands which accept filename as parameter

Mon Mar 4 08:56:00 GMT 2002

Thanks, Luke!
This explains it all! I'm sorry for the false alarm :(
Monday, March 04, 2002, 5:19:29 PM, you wrote:
LB> /bin/sh on Cygwin doesn't understand the ~ character. It's a rather
LB> limited shell.
LB> try this:
LB> :set shell=/bin/bash
LB> Luke
LB> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>> Hey, there! :)
>>>> I have noticed the following behaviour of VIM and thought it is worth
>> reporting it to the list. Trying to execute an external command from
>> vim and passing it a file name parameter from my home directory using
>> the tilde character fails:
>>>> sha1sum: ~/gdbtk.ini: No such file or directory
>>>> shell returned 1
>>>> Hit ENTER or type command to continue

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