X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:38:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: mocs cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Send command and parameters into cygwin.bat In-Reply-To: <6347114.post@talk.nabble.com> Message-ID: References: <5878378.post@talk.nabble.com> <6339347.post@talk.nabble.com> <450C3390.9050707@cygwin.com> <6347114.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, mocs wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > > . Reformatted. > > mocs wrote: > >> mwoehlke-2 wrote: > >>> mocs wrote: > >>>> Ive would like to edit my cygwin.bat so a command into "cygwin" starts > >>>> automatically with a document and some parameters, how should i write? > >>> 'man bash' > >> > >> > > > Now I can start an application in cygwin with a single command:-) > > > > > > @echo off > > > C: > > > chdir C:\program\cygwin\bin > > > bash --login -i -c %xmds > > > > > > > > > But how should I write if I want to start the application with a > > > certain parameter or input file? > > > > > > What I would like to do is to run the following command "xmds -i > > > c:\path\ring.xmds". > > > > I see nothing wrong with the command you propose, with the exception > > that I recommend POSIX paths if 'xmds' is a Cygwin app. > > Unfortunately it doesn't work. > > I thhink its because that xmds doesnt get the parameter or the input > file sent from the command prompt in "dos-mode" in to the bas shell in > cygwin. If I edit my .bat-file and write "xmds -parameter inputfile" > then it works but I need to be able to change the inputfile without > editing my .bat-file, and yes it doesnt work without " ". If you are asking how to pass parameters from a batch file infocation to an application called within that batch file, you're better off asking in a Windows or batch programming forum. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/