Volker Quetschke wrote: > #! /bin/sh > ANT_HOME="/cygdrive/c/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin/.." > ANT_HOME=`cd "$ANT_HOME" && pwd` > [...] > If I change the first line to: > #! /bin/bash > it surprisingly works with both snapshots. Does the 'bin' subdirectory exist? If not then you're probably running into an aspect of <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-08/msg01097.html>. Perhaps a better way to do this would be: ANT_HOME=`readlink -m "$ANT_HOME"` Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/