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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:43:02 -0700
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On 07/26/2012 07:24 AM, Keith Christian wrote:
> I usually write a CMD.EXE script that in turn, runs cscript and its *.vbs file.
>
> Example:
>
> The following lines are a cmd "batch" file called bar.cmd
>
>
> 	@echo on
> 	echo.This is "bar.cmd," a CMD.EXE script, which will be invoked by Cygwin
> 	echo.Run a vbscript called "foo.vbs"
> 	cscript foo.vbs
> 	echo."foo.vbs" is complete
> 	echo.Done, now exiting "bar.cmd"
> 	exit
>
>
> ** First ** ---- run bar.cmd within a CMD.EXE window to be sure it and
> foo.vbs are working properly outside of Cygwin.
>
> ** Second** ---- from within Cygwin's bash (or other) shell, run bar.cmd:
>
> $ cmd /c bar.cmd
>
> Watch for output or results from "foo.vbs" during the run.
>
> ========== Keith
>
There's no need to interject a needless additional process of cmd.exe. 
You can call cscript directly without a problem:

    Neptune:cat HelloWorld.vbs
    option explicit

    sub display (msg)
       wscript.echo msg
    end sub

    display "Hello World from VBS!"
    Neptune:cscript HelloWorld.vbs
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Hello World from VBS!
    Neptune:

-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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