X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "David Christensen" To: "'Steve Holden'" , References: <12391292.post@talk.nabble.com> <005801c7eabb$cd519bd0$0a00a8c0@a64x23800p> <46D6462D.1020203@holdenweb.com> <003401c7eb12$1bb53e70$0a00a8c0@a64x23800p> Subject: RE: How do I make scripts my PC executable Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:45:46 -0700 Message-ID: <001601c7eb2d$986d63f0$0a00a8c0@a64x23800p> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Steve Holden wrote: > I posted alternative content for the batch script that would save you > from putting two unnecessary lines in the shell script. Or so I > thought. > The -l (or --login) option has bash read its usual startup files, > thereby avoiding the need four the course (".") commands at the > beginning of the shell script. I tried the Bash --login option, and couldn't get *everything* to work (e.g. all the backup Bash and Perl scripts, and everything they depend upon) under all tested conditions -- invoking the shell script via Cygwin Bash, invoking the shell script via a batch file invoked from cmd.exe, invoking the batch file via Windows Explorer, invoking the batch file via a Windows shortcut, etc.. Please test your ideas, test my solution, figure out the obvious and unobvious differences, and post your results. David -- 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/