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From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:19:16 -0400
Subject: RE: Bash: Cannot execute binary file
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Eliot Moss sent the following at Monday, March 28, 2011 10:28 PM
>Why not just use the Windows version and invoke it from cygwin (if
>cygwin is the environment from which you want to do that)? It is easy
>to invoke Windows programs from cygwin; you just need to remember to
>format any arguments in the form the Windows program wants. To that end,
>cygpath is a useful utility, e.g.:
>
>function acrobat () { }
>   command acrobat $(cygpath -wa ${1})
>}
>
>in your .bashrc file allows you to invoke Windows acrobat with a path
>rewritten from cygwin format to Windows format. This can be improved to
>check for presence of the argument ${1}, etc., but perhaps you get the
>idea.

- You should probably also add some quotes, in case your paths have spaces.
- A complete path to acrobat will avoid needing to have it in your path.
- Using cygstart will get you back to your command prompt.

function acrobat () {
    if [ -f "${1}" ]
    then
        cygstart '/path/acrobat' "$(cygpath -wa "${1}")"
    else
        echo "error: file `${1}' not found!"
    fi
}

Note:  I have not tested the above.  Debugging is left as an exercise for
the user.

- You also might look at cyg-wrapper.sh, found here:
    http://hermitte.free.fr/cygwin/
  Note:  I don't use it so YMMV.

Good luck.

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.


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