> Sent: 13 April 2004 19:33 From: Igor Pechtchanski > > Does anyone know how to invoke a bash process via a dos > batch program so > > commands after bash execute? > > Do you want to wait for bash to finish or not? See below. ..snip..
> The batch file called from a batch file is a red herring, as others > mentioned. Not necessarily. It can be handy to use CALL and START if these are available in your version of windows. CALL won't change the described behaviour here but is useful in other circumstances. Normal behaviour is to hand control to the new batch file and the original terminates but CALL returns control to the statement following the CALL when the CALLed batch finishes. This the behaviour for running .bat files, .exe files (e.g. bash) seem to be run by using an implicit CALL. i.e. CALL is only of use for .bat (and .cmd) files. START will create a new process for the STARTed program and the original will continue without waiting for the second program finishes. Batch2.bat: @echo This is Batch 2 @echo %1 Batch1a.bat: Control passes to batch2, never returns. @echo off batch2.bat test @echo This is batch1a Batch1b.bat: Control passes to batch2, returns when it finishes @echo off call batch2.bat test @echo This is batch1b Batch1c.bat: new process starts for batch2, batch1c continues immediately. @echo off start batch2.bat test @echo This is batch1c If you don't need for bash to finish here (unlikely given the example) you can 'start bash', you can even 'start /wait bash' if you want to start a separate process for bash and still wait for it to end. Bill -- This e-mail transmission is strictly confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please reply to the sender as soon as possible and delete the message. Please note that we are able to, and reserve the right to, monitor e-mail communications passing through our network. The views expressed in this email are not that of the company unless specified within the message. The inclusion of this footnote indicates that the mail message and any attachments have been checked for the presence of known viruses. If you have any comments regarding our policy please direct them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ -- 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/
