X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:38:39 -0700 From: "Joel M. Baldwin" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Getting started with bash Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <47F9DA5E.3060904@hollo.dk> References: <1207553471.24669.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <47F9DA5E.3060904@hollo.dk> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.4 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 --On Monday, April 07, 2008 10:25 AM +0200 Michael Holm wrote: > Hi, > > I have read a lot of documents, but i really cant get this issue solved :( > All i want is to be able to execute bash scripts from a windows > desktop.. what i do now is.. > > > a batch script: > c:\cygwin\bin\bash c:\cygwin\example.sh > > this is my bash script. > > example.sh > ls -l > > > but i get the following output: > command not found. > > i hope that someone can give me a hit... all i have done is: > install cygwin, made my batch script.. and made my bash script.. do i > need to set any environment vars or something? > > mvh > Michael Holm Add the -l option to bash. i.e. "man bash" for an explanation This makes it a login shell which must cause the PATH variable to be set. -- 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/