On 12/16/2013 09:39 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 12/16/2013 7:32 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> On 12/16/2013 07:27 PM, Max Polk wrote: >>> On 12/16/2013 5:55 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>> /usr/bin/ls: /usr/bin/ls: cannot execute binary file >>>> /bin/bash: Exit 126 >>>> >>>> >>>> This is the error that greets me when I try to execute a command in cygwin >>>> from a Windows Command Prompt like so: >>>> >>>> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always /bin/bash -l ls >>>> >>>> This was after installing a new version of Cygwin today. So I wiped it >>>> and installed it again and got the same error >>>> again. >>>> >>>> This used to work because I've called my own scripts this way before. Is >>>> there some new way of doing this? >>>> >>> >>> If you provide a "minus c" option, it will work: >>> >>> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always -e /bin/bash -l -c ls >>> >> >> I just tried it with -c and all it gives you is a totally blank window. >> >> Tried a bunch of other commands using the -c and same thing. Just a blank >> window. > > In that case, there's something in your installation that isn't quite right. > The above suggestion resolves the issue you described just fine for me. If > you're still experiencing the problem when you use the '-c' flag and need to > consult with the list further on this issue, I recommend following the > problem reporting guidelines found at the link below with your next message: > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > >
I just got finished installing Cygwin on another machine and this time the -c does work. So I went back and looked at the original machine. There are 2 cygwin installations on that machine in different directories. I had forgotten that Cygwin got installed a while back on this machine to support some app that needed it. So somehow having 2 different installations breaks this mintty -e capability. Does this qualify as a bug? Is Cygwin supporting 2 independent installations? -- 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
