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Subject: RE: Calling shell script from DOS
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:39:37 -0600
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> I have installed Cygwin. I want to invoke a shell
> script from the DOS/Windows command prompt (instead of
> opening Cygwin Window first and calling it from
> there). How can I do this?
> 
> Thanks for any help.

The following seems the naive way -- someone else
may offer other options:

Make the shell (itself) the command and add the
script as a parameter...

	bash script-file-name

Worked for me.  Other command processors should
work too.

--
Herb Martin


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