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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de>
Subject: Re: Why won't my .sh file work with cygwin?
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:04:01 +0200
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* Gundament (Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:38:36 -0700 (PDT))
> 
> I am new to Cygwin but I understand it does it's best to simulate a
> linux terminal.

No. "Cygwin is: a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and 
feel environment for Windows." http://cygwin.com/
 
> I want to make a little program and I have written out the entire code and
> saved it as a ".sh" file.
> 
> I have paired my Windows computer to open .sh files with Cygwin's mintty.exe
> (terminal)

You are confusing a terminal (like Mintty) with a shell (like bash).

Thorsten


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