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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:29:31 +0530
From: "Jeenu V" <jeenuv AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: cmd.exe from Cygwin
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Hi,

I've to run some windows commands repeatedly. Since I'm familiar and
comfortable with BASH, I thought I would perform the 'intelligent'
decisions using BASH scripts and run rest using cmd.exe invoked from
Cygwin bash shell. But this is the problem I face:

The program I intend to run with cmd.exe (with /c switch) fails to run
as it couldn't access some Windows paths. Please take a look like this
command, for example:

N:\src\CEDAR\GENERIC\base\bsp\hwip_arm\rvemuboard\ct1136\test>cmd /c
bldmake bldfiles ARMV6
sh: E:SymbianM04765_Symbian_OS_v9.5binTechViewepoc32toolsbldmake.bat:
command not found

There are two things that I'm surprised about:
1) How come a command launched from cmd.exe spits an error message
starting with 'sh:'?
2) Why are back-slashes stripped-off from the path in output message?

Also it came to my notice that cmd.exe invoked from a Cygwin bash
shell doesn't really behave like the Windows cmd.exe. For example, if
you press up-arrow, the cursor goes flying over the window and the
display sometimes goes for a toss. Keys like F7 and F8 doesn't work
either.

It would suffice--as of now, at least--if I could launch a
cmd.exe--separate and independent--window from a Cygwin shell. I could
try

explorer.exe c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

but I'm unable to pass parameters to cmd.exe (say /c or a batch file name).

Please help.

-- 
Thanks
Jeenu

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