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RE: Re: Error with changing directory - No such file or directory
- From: "Thrall, Bryan" <bryan dot thrall at flightsafety dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:02:36 -0500
- Subject: RE: Re: Error with changing directory - No such file or directory
Matthew Woehlke wrote on Monday, April 02, 2007 5:59 PM:
> Ben Wylie wrote:
>> I have a batch file which runs bash and calls a bash script.
>>
>> My batch file reads:
>> cd F:\cygwin\bin
>> bash --login -i deletescript.sh F:/Progra~1/NAVIEG/queues/
>>
>> The bash script is:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> cd $1
>> F:/cygwin/bin/find . -type f -exec awk '(/various/ || /search/ ||
>> /keywords/) {print FILENAME}' {} \; | xargs rm
>>
>> When I run the batch file I get:
>>
>> F:\>cd F:\cygwin\bin
>>
>> F:\cygwin\bin>bash --login -i deletescript.sh
>> F:/Progra~1/NAVIEG/queues/
>>> No such file or directoryine 2: cd: F:/Progra~1/NAVIEG/queues/
>>
>> It doesn't seem to like the "cd F:/Progra~1/NAVIEG/queues/"
>>
>> However if I load cygwin and type the commands directly, it all
>> works fine.
>>
>> Administrator@server ~
>> $ cd F:/Progra~1/NAVIEG/queues/
>>
>> [snip]
>
> Hmm, it seems you are not using the version of Cygwin that smacks you
> over the head with a wet tuna for doing such a thing (is that a
> feature in the Vista-only 1.7.0?). Try using POSIX paths instead of
> DOS-style paths, and see if that fixes it.
Yes, plus d2u will probably also help.
--
Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
Bryan.Thrall@flightsafety.com
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