Ashman,Tim [PYR] wrote: > I am running Cygwin on a Windows 2000 machine. I also have GNU Octave 2.1.50 > (very similar to Matlab) installed. Cygwin is a component of the GNU Octave > 2.1.50 build, but I have installed Cygwin seperately as well. As a result of > this, my octave and cygwin programs do not run together and have different > root directories. Will this cause any trouble calling an Octave script from > a bash script under Cygwin? My root directories are C:/cygwin and C:/Program > Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/ > > I would like a bash script (scheduled with cron) that is located in > C:/cygwin/bin to call some Octave scripts that I have in C:/Program > Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/octave_files/ > > What is the best way of running scripts that are not associated with the > Cygwin platform? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Have you looked at the Octave Windows FAQ? http://octave.sourceforge.net/Octave_Windows.htm It looks as though Octave can happily coexist with your own Cygwin, provided it is installed correctly. -- Cliff -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/