Elfyn McBratney wrote: >> Perhaps ... but I'm not running under bash and never have. Did I >> miss a documented restriction that the programs *only* run under >> bash? > > It depends on the package. With something like grep you cannot (?) > call a egrep from cmd.exe/command.com per se as it is a symbolic link > to grep.exe (a windows shortcut) but you could call it from bash
Ah, but since it is created by setup, it is a system-cookie type symlink, not a windows-shortcut type symlink. >> bash -c /bin/egrep > > within your batch scripts. What about grep -E ? (Which is preferred anyway for maximum portability.) Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
