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Subject: Re: Getting started with bash
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You hit the nail on the head with the environment vars question.  Bash
tries to do the minimum amount of work possible when invoked
non-interactively, on the assumption - almost universally true in *NIX
- that it is being invoked by a process (usually another shell) that
has its environment all set up already.  So when that's not the case,
you need to tell bash so by adding the "-l" or "--login" option, so it
will go out and read login-oriented startup files ([bash_]profile)  to
set up its own environment.



On 4/7/08, Joel M. Baldwin <qumqats AT outel DOT org> wrote:
>
> --On Monday, April 07, 2008 10:25 AM +0200 Michael Holm <hollo AT hollo DOT dk>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have read a lot of documents, but i really cant get this issue solved :(
> > All i want is to be able to execute bash scripts from a windows
> > desktop.. what i do now is..
> >
> >
> > a batch script:
> > c:\cygwin\bin\bash c:\cygwin\example.sh
> >
> > this is my bash script.
> >
> > example.sh
> > ls -l
> >
> >
> > but i get the following output:
> > command not found.
> >
> > i hope that someone can give me a hit... all i have done is:
> > install cygwin, made my batch script.. and made my bash script.. do i
> > need to set any environment vars or something?
> >
> > mvh
> > Michael Holm
>
> Add the -l option to bash.
> i.e. "man bash" for an explanation
>
> This makes it a login shell which must cause the PATH variable to be set.
>
>
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