* J.V. (Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:03:35 -0600) > To run a .bat or .cmd file, I can do this: > $cmd > > C:>mybat.bat or C:\>mycmd.cmd > > In other words, I have to type two commands (one to get to the shell, > and another to run the .bat or .cmd file). > > What I want is to write a shell script (bash), that will cd to a > directory, enter the dos cmd prompt and execute a .bat file and then > return to my bash shell. > > I do not know if this is possible, have tried many things, but nothing > works.
Now that is a really detailed description of what you tried. Anyway, you can run a batch script like any other script. It just works. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple