Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/03/01/12:47:36
Tom,
Have you typed
$ man bash
lately? IMHO, it is one of the most comprehensive man documents I know. I
have never needed to read it until my eyes bled - probably because my eyes
don't shed blood so easily, but I like to think it is also because the
document(ation) is so clear. If you don't agree, I'm sure PWBTC[*].
Other than that, the only other thing I can think of of telling Gilles
(the one that originally started this thread) do to - if he really, really
wants a Bash for plain DOS (without Windows) - is to take a look at the
DJGPP project at www.delorie.com. That would be completely OT here,
though, so I won't do that (oops - too late! ;)
The docs being as clear and abundant as they are, I think that RTFM
response is justified in by far most occasions I have seen it (and in all
occasions I have personally given it, but that could just be me being on
my own high horse).
Read that funky manual - that's what it's there for!
rlc
[* PWBTC - this one is not in the OLOCA yet: "Patches will be thoughtfully
considered" - I think either Igor or Corinna has the trademark on this one
;)]
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tom Dager wrote:
> Damn...and that is why I rarely post questions here....sad.
>
> If the "manual" was a cohesive, comprehensive document that I could curl up
> with and read until my eyes bleed that would ALWAYS be the correct thing to
> do. Instead you have to read a FAQ, some documentation, archives, yada,
> yada, yada.
>
> BTW...I am not bashing the documentors or anything, just sick of seeing the
> RTFM response.
>
> TlD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak [mailto:ronald AT landheer DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 5:46 AM
> To: gilles bourgeois
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, gilles bourgeois wrote:
> > hello again
> > does someone knows how to launch a cygwin shell and further commands from
> > DOS, e.g with a help of a .bat file.
> > I had a look of cygwin.bat file but I do not know the right syntax to give
> > the command to the bash shell
> DOS as in "Disk Operating System" (the "OS" of the pre-windows era, when
> Bill Gates so rightly told us that "640 KB should be enough for anyone") -
> impossible.
>
> DOS as in a "DOS box" under Windows (i.e. the system shell, kinda) - just
> run the darn thing. If your bin directory is in the PATH, just type
> "bash".
>
> That, and RTFM.
>
> rlc
>
>
>
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