X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Mike Marchywka To: Subject: RE: Automating a Cygwin Script From Windows Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:12:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <25196125.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25196125.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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 ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:04:44 -0700 > From: ddjones@gmail.com > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Automating a Cygwin Script From Windows > > > I need to run a cygwin script directly via windows, probably via dos prom= pt > or some other comparable method. This method needs to be automated and > kicked off in Windows at certain times, so executing Cygwin, then manually > typing in the script to run in the Cygwin prompt is out of the question. > > I was hoping there would be some way to execute Cygwin and concurrently f= eed > it a string of commands to execute upon opening, but unfortunately I have > not had success with this. There seems to be lots of command line options > for setting display options but nothing that would allow me to feed in a > command. > > Is there any method to do this? Thanks for your time. > If you have an icon on your desktop, type the target it should be something like cygwin.bat. You should IIRC just be able to invoke bash with whatever params you need. I just tried it from dos prompt seems to work. > -JC > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Automating-a-Cygwin-S= cript-From-Windows-tp25196125p25196125.html > Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail=AE is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast.=20 http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=3DPID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U= S:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple