Re: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-23 Thread LMH
Thanks, that would be interesting to learn how to do. I guess I would need to learn what files need to be backed up and how to go about restoring them to a new install. I make considerable use of clonezilla images for the OS, but when I have to do a full re-install, I am stuck with making allot

Re: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, LMH! > I added C:\cygwin\bin to the windows path. I guess I forgot environment > variables when I did the re-install. One of these days I need to learn > how to do post install config scripts so I don't have to spend two weeks > getting my windows the way I want it. If you're thoroug

Re: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-22 Thread LMH
Yes, that fixed the issue. The script runs from the shortcut without error. Thanks for the assistance. LMH Adam Dinwoodie wrote: LMH wrote: Thanks for the advice. I just ran cygcheck, but I'm supprised that you are asking folks to post that. The output contains some personal information, su

RE: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-22 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
LMH wrote: > Thanks for the advice. I just ran cygcheck, but I'm supprised that you > are asking folks to post that. The output contains some personal > information, such as the computer name and user name, and I'm guessing > that some folks would rather not post that. You _did_ read the [problem

Re: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-22 Thread LMH
Thanks for the advice. I just ran cygcheck, but I'm supprised that you are asking folks to post that. The output contains some personal information, such as the computer name and user name, and I'm guessing that some folks would rather not post that. It's a nice list of everything that is curr

some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut

2012-03-22 Thread LMH
I have recently re-installed windows and cygwin, but my old backup script won't anymore when I run it from a windows icon. It runs fine if I cd to /usr/local/bin and run it from the command line. When I run it from the shortcut, I get "file not found" for rsync, date, unix2dos, and rm. I have