Steve Holden wrote: > I posted alternative content for the batch script that would save you > from putting two unnecessary lines in the shell script. Or so I > thought. > The -l (or --login) option has bash read its usual startup files, > thereby avoiding the need four the course (".") commands at the > beginning of the shell script.
I tried the Bash --login option, and couldn't get *everything* to work (e.g. all the backup Bash and Perl scripts, and everything they depend upon) under all tested conditions -- invoking the shell script via Cygwin Bash, invoking the shell script via a batch file invoked from cmd.exe, invoking the batch file via Windows Explorer, invoking the batch file via a Windows shortcut, etc.. Please test your ideas, test my solution, figure out the obvious and unobvious differences, and post your results. David -- 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/