Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <8D861ADC5B8FD211B4100008C71EA7DA04F70D06@kjsdemucshrexc1.eu.pm.com> From: "Demmer, Thomas" To: "'Hamish Fawns'" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: Executing bash commands from the bash command line Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:17:42 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hamish, see http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-08/msg00704.html Ciao Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Hamish Fawns [SMTP:fawnha AT aie DOT act DOT edu DOT au] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:35 AM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Executing bash commands from the bash command line > > Dear All, > I am trying to create a "Bash Here" utility that will allow me to open > a > Bash window in any directory by right clicking in the window and selecting > "Bash Here" (similar to the "Command Prompt Here" Microsoft Powertoys > utility). To do this I need to be able to cd to a given directory from the > bash command line, for example: > > bash "cd /cygdrive/c/myfolder" where "myfolder is a variable. > > How can I do this? > > Thanks, > Hamish > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/