X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "David Christensen" To: "'Steve Holden'" , References: <12391292 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <005801c7eabb$cd519bd0$0a00a8c0 AT a64x23800p> <46D6462D DOT 1020203 AT holdenweb DOT com> Subject: RE: How do I make scripts my PC executable Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:28:59 -0700 Message-ID: <003401c7eb12$1bb53e70$0a00a8c0@a64x23800p> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <46D6462D.1020203@holdenweb.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 I wrote: > $ cat ssh-backup-all.bat > C:\cygwin\bin\bash ./ssh-backup-all Steve Holden wrote: > Wouldn't it be possible to omit the first two executable lines and > have the batch script read > c:\cygwin\bin\bash -l ./ssh-backup-all I posted a sample shell session. The "$ cat ssh-backup-all.bat" is what I typed into my shell and the "C:\cygwin\bin\bash ./ssh-backup-all" is the result (e.g. the output of the "cat" command; the contents of "./ssh-backup-all"). HTH, David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/