Christian Franke wrote: >Bengt Larsson wrote: >> ----- >> @echo off >> >> cd /d "%~dp0\bin" >> >> bash --login -i >> ----- > >An errorlevel check is IMO mandatory after a cd command. Otherwise >another bash in the PATH might be started if the directory does not exist. >Hmm... therefore it is also better to change the last line to: > > .\bash --login -i > >The directory change is intentionally done with two cd commands to avoid >possible problems with cmd variants
>(on Win10 "%~dp0" expands to a path >with trailing backslash). You're right although "%~dp0\subdir" still works (tested on Win10). An easier way to test exit status is cd somedir || exit /b 1 With info for those who may not know the syntax: ----- @echo off rem %~dp0 is directory of this batch file cd /d "%~dp0\bin" || exit /b 1 .\bash --login -i ----- -- 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
