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From:	Bengt Larsson <lists DOT cygwin4 AT bengtl DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Proposal for new cygwin.bat which is independent from install directory
Date:	Sat, 27 Aug 2016 12:28:22 +0200
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Andrey Repin wrote:
>Greetings, Christian Franke!
>
>> Traditionally setup.exe creates the /cygwin.bat file as follows if 
>> C:\cygwin is the install directory:
>> -----
>> @echo off
>
>> C:
>> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>
>> bash --login -i
>> -----
>
>
>> The following should work since WinXP regardless of install directory:
>> -----
>> @echo off
>
>> cd /d %~dp0
>> if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
>> cd bin
>> if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
>
>> bash --login -i
>> -----
>
>Why so complicated?

Also don't see why so complicated. While staying in the console, how
about:
-----
@echo off

cd /d "%~dp0\bin"

bash --login -i
-----

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