Greetings, Christian Franke! > Traditionally setup.exe creates the /cygwin.bat file as follows if > C:\cygwin is the install directory: > ----- > @echo off
> C: > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > bash --login -i > ----- > The following should work since WinXP regardless of install directory: > ----- > @echo off > cd /d %~dp0 > if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 > cd bin > if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 > bash --login -i > ----- Why so complicated? @START "" /B "%~dp0bin\mintty.exe" - Done. > I would suggest to add something like the above as > "/etc/defaults/cygwin.bat" to base-files package. The postinstall script > should copy it to "/cygwin.bat" if new. The creation of this file could > later be removed from setup.exe. > This more generic cygwin.bat is in particular useful for 'portable' > installations of Cygwin on an USB device. I occasionally use such a > installation to make rescue tools (dd, ddrescue, fdisk, hexedit, > sleuthkit, ...) available to the minimal system provided by a Windows > system repair CD. Your variant is overengineered. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, August 26, 2016 19:37:08 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
