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Sort error in makefile

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From: Harpal Shergill <harpalshergill <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, bug-gzip <at> gnu.org, cygwin <at> cygwin.com
Subject: Sort error in makefile
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:09:29 -0400

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Hello,

I have  a makefile which does the following:

   1. grab a .gz file from server using wget -- works fine
   2. extract the data from .gz file to new file based on filter using ZCAT
   -- works fine
   3. sort the data from based on specific field and saves the data into a
   new file -- DOES NOT WORK


   - command looks like this: sort -t: -k2n <inputFile> outputFile
   - this command works perfectly on command line of cygwin BUT fails
   through makefile
   - Error says: Input file specified two times.

I tried to search on this online but couldn't get any info. Can you please
help and show me what's wrong? In make file i have this command enclosed
with "`" character. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Harpal

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Message #8 received at 8511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Alan Curry" <pacman-cu <at> kosh.dhis.org>
To: harpalshergill <at> gmail.com (Harpal Shergill)
Cc: 8511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8511: Sort error in makefile
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:45:00 -0500 (GMT+5)

Harpal Shergill writes:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have  a makefile which does the following:
> 
>    1. grab a .gz file from server using wget -- works fine
>    2. extract the data from .gz file to new file based on filter using ZCAT
>    -- works fine
>    3. sort the data from based on specific field and saves the data into a
>    new file -- DOES NOT WORK
> 
> 
>    - command looks like this: sort -t: -k2n <inputFile> outputFile
>    - this command works perfectly on command line of cygwin BUT fails
>    through makefile
>    - Error says: Input file specified two times.
> 
> I tried to search on this online but couldn't get any info. Can you please
> help and show me what's wrong? In make file i have this command enclosed
> with "`" character. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

Your makefile is running the DOS/Windows sort command instead of the
GNU/cygwin sort. Use a full path like /whatever/cygwin/bin/sort to make it
use the right one.

cygwin's bug, if a bug at all...

-- 
Alan Curry

Message #13 received at 8511-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: "Alan Curry" <pacman-cu <at> kosh.dhis.org>
Cc: 8511-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Harpal Shergill <harpalshergill <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8511: Sort error in makefile
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:27:17 +0200

tags 8511 notabug
close 8511
thanks

Alan Curry wrote:
...
> Your makefile is running the DOS/Windows sort command instead of the
> GNU/cygwin sort. Use a full path like /whatever/cygwin/bin/sort to make it
> use the right one.
>
> cygwin's bug, if a bug at all...

Hi Alan,
Thanks for replying.
I'm closing this issue.

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