Hi, Here is an alternative that has also been posted before, that also works when it's a disk drive rather than a directory. Does this work any better for you? (Both work fine for me on W2K SP3)
/John Vincent ---------------------------------------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\rxvtHere] @="r&xvtHere" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\rxvtHere\command] @="C:\\CYGWIN\\BIN\\rxvt.exe -sr -ut -tn rxvt -bg black -fg grey -fn \"Courier-16\" -sl 2000 -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i -c \"cd '%1';echo '%1';exec bash --rcfile ~/.profile -i\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\rxvtHere] @="r&xvtHere" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\rxvtHere\command] @="C:\\CYGWIN\\BIN\\rxvt.exe -sr -ut -tn rxvt -bg black -fg grey -fn \"Courier-16\" -sl 2000 -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i -c \"cd '%1';echo '%1';exec bash --rcfile ~/.profile -i\"" --------------------------------------------- >From: "Frantisek Dufka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory? >Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:42:09 +0200 > >Sure. We are both talking about following key, right? > >Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\0cmd-rxvt] >@="Open rxvt Window Here" > >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\0cmd-rxvt\command] >@="C:\\cygwin\\bin\\rxvt.exe -bg black -fg white -sr -sl 1000 -fn >\"Fixedsys\" -ls -e /usr/bin/bash --login -c \"cd \\\"`cygpath -u >'%1'`\\\"; >exec bash\"" > >It didn't work for me. My settings in .bash_profile were not executed in >the >final 'exec bash' but in the -e /usr/bin/bash, which is wrong, because it >gets forgotten by the exec'ed shell. If you add -l (exec -l bash) it is >executed twice. In my case it tells me two fortune cookies instead of one. >That's nice, but they may run out quickly :) > >Frantisek > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Frantisek Dufka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:05 AM >Subject: Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory? > > > > > I don't know how to do it without using .bashrc, but this works for >me > > (current cygwin, NT 4.0) > > > > Registry key contains: > > > > D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sb -sr -sl 16384 -fn fixedsys -fg gray -bg >black > > -e /bin/env CFH="%1" /bin/bash --login > > > > .bashrc contains > > > > if [ "$CFH" != "" ] ; then > > cd "$CFH" > > unset CFH > > fi > > > > No temporary files, bash.exe or .bash_profile is not executed >twice. > > Also looks like cygpath -u is not needed, DOS paths seem to work in >cd > > command. > >Not long ago someone posted a registry key to do this with right-click >button option. It works quite well and you can modify the key to your own >preferences (background colour, font colour, etc.). Someone posted a way >to opne a explorer from current bash PWD. > >rgrds, >m4c. > > > > > > Frantisek > > > > ------------------------------------- > > * John Daniel Doucette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13-09-02 >15:23]: > > > I am using Win2000 Pro, SP3. Is there a way to invoke an > > interactive bash > > > shell at a particular directory, without using a .bashrc or >similar > > file? > > > I.e. on the command lie alone? The --login and -c options >appear >to be > > > mutually exclusive. I would like to be able browse quickly to a > > directory > > > with explorer, option/right click on the directory, then select >a >custom > > > "open with cygwin" option, and have the bash shell open at that > > > directory. Has anyone tried this? > > > > Read this from the archive. > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-05/msg01648.html > > > > HTH > > Jens > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________ > >Equipo Técnico de Laboratorios: >Gregorio Corral Torres >Esteban García Cuesta >Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago >Iván Alonso Gutiérrez >__________________________________________________________ > >Departamento de Ingeniería Telemática >Edificio Torres Quevedo 4.1A01 Tfno:91-624-8757 >Escuela Politécnica Superior >Universidad Carlos III Av.Universidad 30 Leganés (Madrid). >__________________________________________________________ > > > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
