X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:42:01 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Windows batch program to open shell at directory specified as argument From: Dave Kilroy To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Reckoner wrote: > I use chere to right-click and open a shell at a given directory, and > I was wondering if it is possible to setup a windows batch script that > would accomplish the same thing from the Windows command line. In > other words something like, > > c:> cygwin_start_dir.bat c:\mystuff\directory > > which would then open my favourite shell at the=A0c:\mystuff\directory. Yes, this is possible. You simply want to grab the command that chere puts a registry and paste it into a batch file. You probably need to fix up quoting, and change any %L to %1. Run 'chere -r' and look for the text associated with the command key. Cheers, Dave. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple