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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:14:20 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Earnie Boyd <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
CC: Earnie Boyd <cygwin@cygwin.com>, Michael Yorg <myorg@extensity.com>
Subject: Re: Running .bat files from CYGWIN
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"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> 
> At 01:50 PM 1/15/2001, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >
> >Create a noop program named #!.exe and put it in command.com/cmd.exe
> >PATH.
> >Then at the top of your .bat file put
> >   #! c:\\path\\to\\cmd.exe /c
> >and this will cause Cygwin to think it's executable and execute it.
> >
> 
> Right but these batch files won't run from cmd.exe/command.com like this
> though.  Still, its a way to "convert" batch files to run under the Cygwin
> shells if you don't need them to run under cmd.exe/command.com anymore.
>

Huh.  Of course they will continue to work under cmd.exe/command.com, if
not, they wouldn't work under Cygwin shells either.  It's the reason you
create a noop program named `#!.exe'.  The cmd.exe/command.com shells
actually execute the program which does nothing more than return 0.
 
>
> The reason I directed the poster to the email archives is I seem to
> remember that there was also some way to get bash/sh to run batch files
> directly, without invoking the cmd.exe/command.com explicitly (i.e. one
> could just type b.bat at the sh/bash prompt).  I don't remember the details
> though (which is the part that would be in the email archives for those
> interested in looking!;-))  And actually, for me, this works.  YMMV and
> don't ask me why it works for me!;-)
> 

Well, I certainly don't remember anything beyond what you suggested.  I
have posted my #!.exe noop program solution before, but it's been a
while so I thought it was time to repeat myself.

Cheers,
Earnie.

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