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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: running .bat files from bash
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:17:48 +0100
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* Donal Murtagh (2004-12-15 21:10 +0100)
> I've noticed that if I want to run a .bat file in bash I have to cd to the
> directory it's in first in order for it to run properly
> 
> For example, if I want to run c:\foo\bar.bat I have to use:
> 
> cd /cygdrive/c/foo
> bar.bat
> 
> if I try
> 
> /cygdrive/c/foo/bar.bat

cygstart /cygdrive/c/foo/bar.bat

Thorsten


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