On 2007-08-29, Dave Korn wrote: > On 29 August 2007 17:59, zip184 wrote: > > > I have some scripts I'd like to run without starting cygwin and typing in > > their paths. Is there a way to make windows recognize that a file is a > > bash/python script and run them like as if I ran them in cygwin? I'd like > > to just be able to doubleclick them in windows explorer. Is this possible? > > (I'm using bash and python scripts) > > Windoze doesn't understand about shebangs (the #! line at the start of the > script), and bases all its decisions on the filename extension. So, if you > name your scripts according to the pattern '*.sh', and make sure to chmod a+x > them, you can double-click in explorer. > > The first time you do that, windows will complain it doesn't know what to do > with a sh file, and offer you the choice of looking up on the web or selecting > from a list which program you want to open .sh files with; choose the > select-from-a-list option, when the list appears click the browse button, find > your way to cygwin\bin\bash.exe and select that. Make sure "Always use this > program" is ticked, enter a nice descriptive name such as "Bash script" in the > description box, OK it and away you go!
That won't run the script in the same environment that it would get when run from a Cygwin login shell, though, will it? I would think the program might have to be a .bat file that contains something like this (untested): C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -c %1 Regards, Gary -- 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/
