Try this:
set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash
let $BASH_ENV = '~/.bashrc'
let &shellcmdflag='-c'
On 5/23/06, Eric Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Off hand, I can't remember the exact name, but I think that there is a
special rc filename that is executed even when it isn't a login
shell.....
On 5/23/06, Furash Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just tried it and ran into the problem I thought I would. Removing
> login eliminates the problem of it not knowing "where it is", but it no
> longer runs .profile and so on, so as a result it's missing my changes
> to the path, aliases, etc.
>
> Hmm...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: vim@vim.org
> Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
>
> On 2006-05-23, Furash Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the
> > following
> >
> > " automatically swithc directories
> > set autochdir
> >
> > " For cygwin shell
> > set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash
> > set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c
> > set shellxquote=\"
> >
> > When I try to use cygwin stuff with the "!" command or similar things
> > from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is.
> >
> > That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do
> >
> > :pwd
> >
> > It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think).
> > However, if I do
> >
> > :! pwd
> >
> > It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there
> > anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should
> > start in?
>
> The problem is the "--login" option that you included in 'shellcmdflag'.
> Every shell that you execute from vim is executed as a login shell,
> which means it starts in your home directory. If you just
>
> set shellcmdflag=-c
>
> instead, it should work fine.
>
> Why did you include "--login"?
>
> Gary
>
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> Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division
> | Spokane, Washington, USA
>
