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Subject: Re: Can't run Macro Express from within Cygwin bash shell
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From: Jack Twilley <jtwilley AT brightmail DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 19:09:25 -0800
In-Reply-To: <Mahogany-0.64.2-1204-20021204-184419.00@ix.netcom.com> (Michael
 A Chase's message of "Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:44:19 -0800 (PST)")
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael A Chase <Michael> writes:

[...]

Michael> If it's a MSDOS/Windows executable, it won't know anything
Michael> about Cygwin paths.  Getting backslashes (\) right can be
Michael> rather tricky in a shell environment, so what I'd suggest is
Michael> something like this:

Michael>  # A DOS program won't understand Cygwin file specifications
Michael> mex=$(cygpath -w -a
Michael> /cygdrive/j/diesel/scripts/PerfmonMacros.mex)

Michael>  # Use a Cygwin path for the shell to find the program
Michael> "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MacroExe/meproc" /F$mex
Michael> /APerfMonInit

Your solution works with a local bash shell but not a remote one.  Any
idea why?  While logged in remotely, I can ls both the binary and the
macro file, so it's not a permissions thing, or I don't think it is
anyway. 

Jack.
(never the easy questions)
-- 
Jack Twilley // Tier 2 Support Engineer // Brightmail Inc.
jtwilley at brightmail dot com

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