> -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:25 PM > To: McGraw, Robert P. > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: How to run a cygwin command from the window scheduler > > > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, McGraw, Robert P. wrote: > > > I need to schedule a job and it is not worth installing cron on our W2K3 > > hosts for just for this one backup application. > > > > I have a name.sh script that if I run in a bash window it runs fine. > > > > In a W2K3 command prompt window I have tried > > > > C:\cygwin\usr\bin\bash.exe -c "\local\adminscripts\name.sh" > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^[1] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^[2] > > First off, if [1] works, something's seriously wrong with your system. > c:\cygwin\usr\bin should be empty, and all of the executables you find in > /usr/bin under Cygwin (notably bash) should be in c:\cygwin\bin. [McGraw, Robert P.] Humm I just ran the setup. I did a "ls -1 | wc" on both /bin and /usr/bin and got the same number. I wonder if it is a link. > > Secondly, the way you specified the path ([2] above) is not going to work > in bash. You really want to specify a POSIX path to your script. > > > And I get > > > > bash-3.15$ > > Oh, really? Assuming the above is not a typo, you're not running the > Cygwin bash. The latest version that comes with Cygwin is 3.1, which uses > "bash-3.1$" as its default prompt. In fact, that's the latest official > release of bash, too. [McGraw, Robert P.] Yes this was a typo should have been bash-3.1$ > > > If I type exit at the command prompt then the script runs bin at the > > command prompt mode. > > Sorry, I can't quite parse the above. Can you please describe the exact > steps you've taken to run the script? Perhaps even with a small > self-contained script example? [McGraw, Robert P.] Trying to get the email out as my wife calls saying she is downstairs ready to take me home.
I have a script called test.sh in /local/adminscripts. /local is a directory
that I made. The script is
#! /bin/sh
echo "HELLO WORLD"
in a W2K3 command prompt (DOS) window
C:\cywin\bin> (which is the command prompt prompt)
I type the command
c:\cygwin\bin\bash -c "/local/adminscripts/test.sh"
It returns
bash-3.1$
and waiting for input. I then type exit and the script executes. The output
is like this:
bash-3.1$ exit
exit
HELLO WORLD
C:\cywin\bin> (which is the command prompt prompt)
>
> > So the question is how do you start a unix shell script from the window
> > command prompt.
>
> The usual way (that would also replicate the environment you have in your
> shell) is 'c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c "/path/to/script.sh"'. However,
> you might want to also make sure that your PATH is set up correctly,
> especially if you plan to do this through the Windows scheduler. Also
> note that the Windows scheduler will run your script as the SYSTEM user,
> not as the user you normally use to log in.
> HTH,
> Igor
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