Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Jeenu V wrote:

> The program I intend to run with cmd.exe (with /c switch) fails to run
> as it couldn't access some Windows paths. Please take a look like this
> command, for example:
>
> N:\src\CEDAR\GENERIC\base\bsp\hwip_arm\rvemuboard\ct1136\test>cmd /c
> bldmake bldfiles ARMV6
> sh: E:SymbianM04765_Symbian_OS_v9.5binTechViewepoc32toolsbldmake.bat:
> command not found
>
> There are two things that I'm surprised about:
> 1) How come a command launched from cmd.exe spits an error message
> starting with 'sh:'?
> 2) Why are back-slashes stripped-off from the path in output message?

  My WAG: You're using some kind of embedded toolchain for Symbian that is
based on the gnu tools, and there's some kind of PATH-clash going on between
those and the Cygwin versions.  Maybe it shipped with a mingw32-ish sh.exe
that it's trying to invoke and your Cygwin sh.exe is getting in there first?
We'll need to see your cygcheck output (as described at
http://cygwin.com/problems.html, please take special note of the request to
send it as an attachment rather than inline body text, TIA) to get an idea if
that's happening.

> Also it came to my notice that cmd.exe invoked from a Cygwin bash
> shell doesn't really behave like the Windows cmd.exe. For example, if
> you press up-arrow, the cursor goes flying over the window and the
> display sometimes goes for a toss. Keys like F7 and F8 doesn't work
> either.
>
> It would suffice--as of now, at least--if I could launch a
> cmd.exe--separate and independent--window from a Cygwin shell. I could
> try
>
> explorer.exe c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
>
> but I'm unable to pass parameters to cmd.exe (say /c or a batch file name).

  That's bizarre but could be related.  For me, just invoking cmd.exe
directly at a Cygwin prompt works fine.

~ $ cmd.exe /c echo "foo"
foo
~ $

  If I want a separate shell, "cygstart cmd.exe" launches it in its own
console window.  Are you running in a console (DOS) window or a terminal such
as rxvt?  It'll only work well in a console.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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