>>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! >> >> So here's what i'd like to do. Perhaps you could help me with that: >> >> I'm trying to execute make from a regular windows app. imagine if >> batch-file if it helps. So my batch-file would look like that >> >> c:\cygwin\bin\bash -lc "make" >> >> If i use bash without the "-l", the PATH variable contains too few >> entries, and make isn't found. Besides changed the PATH-variable >> manually, which possibility is there to execute a command within a fully >> functional cygwin environment? > > Just add x:/cygwin/bin to the global PATH and call make directly?
The point was "a flly functional" environment, and just adding /bin to the PATH is only half the things, i'd need to do. Look in /etc/profile, and see how many variables it sets. The PATH also contains much more entries than just /bin.
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