X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,WHOIS_MYPRIVREG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49C7B3C7.8040704@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:07:35 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin scripts - run from windows "run command" References: <22662248 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <22662248.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 wakeboarder3780 wrote: > I have script lets say: > C:\foo.bsh > > I want to be able to run this command via the windows run command by hitting > either: > Start -> Run > or > Windows Key + R > > and type something small like 'foo' and hitting return. > > In addition, I do not want a cmd prompt to be visible. This script does some > pre-processing for an IDE. I do not want the cmd prompt to be open for the > lifetime of the IDE process. > > I have tried: 1) Creating a bat file with the following contents: > c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login "C:\foo.bsh" (this fails because it keeps a cmd > open) > > 2) Converting the above bat file to an exe using bat_2_exe_converter (does > not make the cmd silent) > > Is there a more integrated cygwin way to do this? This is exactly what this > fellow was trying to ask but did not receive an answer: > http://www.nabble.com/Help-on-Windows-executable-cygwin-file-script-to18262043.html#a18263644 Try 'run'. If you don't have it, install it. If you don't know how to use it, 'man run'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/