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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2003 11:52:10 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Running other scripts from Bash shell
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On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 08:44:15AM -0800, Ashman,Tim [PYR] wrote:
>I am running Cygwin on a Windows 2000 machine. I also have GNU Octave 2.1.50
>(very similar to Matlab) installed. Cygwin is a component of the GNU Octave
>2.1.50 build, but I have installed Cygwin seperately as well. As a result of
>this, my octave and cygwin programs do not run together and have different
>root directories. Will this cause any trouble calling an Octave script from
>a bash script under Cygwin? My root directories are C:/cygwin and C:/Program
>Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/
>
>I would like a bash script (scheduled with cron) that is located in
>C:/cygwin/bin to call some Octave scripts that I have in C:/Program
>Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/octave_files/
>
>What is the best way of running scripts that are not associated with the
>Cygwin platform? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

GNU Octave should not be doing what it is doing (I hope that they are
providing the sources for the cygwin that you are providing).  It should
be taking steps to recognize an existing cygwin installation and
accommodating that.

This is a GNU Octave problem.  You should contact them.

cgf

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