On 04/02/2014 20:19, mrushton wrote:
I am loving Cygwin. I have been reading the manuals and documentation and have some newbie questions. 1) When I go to execute a script, do I just type the name of it or do i have to do a ./NameOfScript ?
just the name if it is located in one of the PATH directories as any other command. instead "./NameOfScript" if you want to execute a script or a command not in the PATH
For your own script " ~/bin" is a nice location This is a generic Unix FAQ.
2) I am trying to do an Alias of the Clear Command ... in my bashrc I has an alias for clear to do a printf "\033c". Well it does not seem to work from my scripts, but works from shell prompt. Is this a path issue ?
How you call the script ? See on "info bash" at "6.2 Bash Startup Files"
3) I am still trying to figure out how to open a termial window and have a menu script always run. Should I put this in my .profile or is there a better way to do this ?
Do you need a standalone run, so the terminal close after, or you need to drop to bash after the script ?
Your solution is fine for the second case, while on the first you need to adapt the "mintty.exe /bin/bash -l" to "mintty.exe /bin/bash -C yourscript"
Thanks for all the work of the Cygwin team.
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