On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > > From: Nellis, Kenneth > > I suspect the issue is that some required DLLs are not in > > my PATH. Indeed, my Cygwin PATH is a pruned version of my > > Windows PATH. > > Actually, that's not the case and is irrelevant as Lee demon- > strates in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-12/msg00220.html. > > Comparing the output from > Windows: C:/>path > and > cygwin/bash: $ cmd /c path > shows only new paths added to support Cygwin. > > I'm on Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (build > 7601) > > FWIW, output from "cygcheck -svr" attached. > > --Ken Nellis
Attached is a bash script, renamed as openurl.sh.txt, which will open a url with either the default browser or Internet Explorer. It takes care of the case when CYGWIN_NOWINPATH=1, and where COMSPEC does not exist in the environment or does not point to an executable program or when /cygdrive/c/ does not point to the C: disk. Before using, strip CRs (just in case) using d2u (or dos2unix), rename to openurl or openurl.sh or ..., place in your path, eg. $HOME/bin and make executable. HTH, Doug -- Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com
#!/bin/bash # Copyright (c) 2016 Doug Henderson # Licence: GPL3 # Version: 1.0 # # openurl[.sh] [IE] URL # # Open a URL in the default browser or in Internet Explorer. # This will work properly when using CYGWIN_NOWINPATH=1 # Tested on Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, fully patched # and CYGWIN_NT-6.1 xxx 2.6.1(0.305/5/3) 2016-12-16 11:55 x86_64 Cygwin # # You may rename this file to meet your requirements. # # Quote the URL when it contains spaces or shell special characters. # # Usage: # openurl.sh [IE] URL # # openurl.sh https://www.google.ca # open Google search with default browswer # # openurl.sh IE https://www.google.ca # open Google search with Internet Explorer # if [ -n "${COMSPEC}" -a -x "$( cygpath -Ua "${CMD}" )" ] ; then # COMSPEC should contain the absolute windows path # to the CMD.EXE executable. CMD="${COMSPEC}" else # Hard code path to windows CMD.EXE # You may need to change this depending on windows version # and install options. # Copy/paste from CompSpec variable on Command Prompt window. # Double all backslashes. CMD="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" # echo WARNING: using hardcoded path: ${CMD} fi # Make sure we know location of Command program. if [ ! -x "$( cygpath -Ua "${CMD}" )" ] ; then echo ERROR: Please provide path to CMD.EXE exit 1 fi IE="C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe" # echo WARNING: using hardcoded path: ${IE} # Hardcode the location of the Internet Explorer EXE file. # Copy/paste from Blue-E shortcut icon properties Target field. # Double all backslashes. if [ "$1" = "IE" ] ; then # Make sure we know location of Internet Explorer. if [ ! -x "$( cygpath -Ua "${IE}" )" ] ; then echo ERROR: Please provide path to IEXPLORE.EXE exit 1 fi shift "$( cygpath -Ua "${CMD}" )" /D /S /C "START /I "${IE}" "$*"" else "$( cygpath -Ua "${CMD}" )" /D /S /C "START /I "$*"" fi
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