Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010115124313.023299b8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:46:11 -0500 To: Michael Yorg , "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Running .bat files from CYGWIN In-Reply-To: <4C28764D2C67D3119D3F0090279C6F64035E69C2@corp-exch.hq.exte nsity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:43 PM 1/15/2001, Michael Yorg wrote: >I have read that CYGWIN supports running DOS .bat files but the shell seems >the think that they aren't executable. The exact error is, 'command not >found'. I've used chmod to give the file executable status and it still >won't work. Someone recommended running the .bat file from within a shell >script and that didn't seem to work either. What am I doing wrong? Check the mail list archive for discussions on this. You should be able to execute batch files by invoking the command interpreter (i.e. "cmd /c b.bat" on NT/W2K). sh (ash) or bash won't know what to do with these files otherwise, even if it did read them... Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple