On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Csaba Raduly <rcs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Saurabh, > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Saurabh T wrote: >> Is there a way to source a .bat file from bash and have the paths and other >> environment variables set in it apply in cygwin? >> > > Note that "to source" in UNIX shell parlance means "read the file and > interpret it". Bash can't do that with a .bat file (it's in a > different language). >
That is only half true. I have and a little success with bash reading a .bat file but you must obey the rules of bash syntax or overcome it and vice versa. Tedious at best. > You could run cmd.exe to interpret the .bat file, but changes to th > environment get lost when cmd.exe exits. One possibility is to run > bash from the cmd.exe window after the batch has finished. > Or just start a Cygwin shell from the .bat file. That child of the .bat file would contain the environment from the parent but the parent cannot receive the environment of the child. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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
