Bash local builtin and redirection problems

Sat Sep 21 18:04:00 GMT 2002

I have successfully installed Cygwin on Windows 2000 SP3. However, when I 
attempt to run a bash shell script that works fine under Linux, two 
problems occur.
1. The bash "local" builtin does not seem to work. Error message is "local: 
not found".
2. Both shorthand formats "&>file" and ">&file" for redirecting standard 
output and standard error do not work. However, the longhand equivalent 
">file 2>&1" does work.
Strangely, both of the above features work from the bash command line (but 
not from a shell script).
Cygwin version is 1.3.12-4.
Bash version is 2.05b-5. An earlier version 2.05a-3 also fails.
Ray
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