From: LMH <lmh_users-groups@molconn.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: some kind of path problem when running bash script from windows shortcut
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:22:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6B5FAD.5090303@molconn.com> (raw)
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 temporarily changed the script to use the full
path for these, /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/date.exe instead of date, but I
have used this setup for a while and I'm not sure what has changed. Am I
missing an environment variable or something?
I'm not sure if the problem is in windows or cygwin.
This is the version of the script that doesn't work from the shortcut,
but does work from the command line.
#!/bin/bash
# generic backup function
function backup {
echo " " >> $1
echo " " >> $1
echo "***** new log entry *****" >> $1
date >> $logfile_path
rsync -v -a -r -p -b --suffix=.back -E -t --log-file=$1 $2 $3
unix2dos $1
}
logfile_path="path_to_logfile"
backup_src_path="path_to_backup_src_loc"
backup_destination_path="path_to_dest_loc"
backup $logfile_path $backup_src_path $backup_destination_path
The shortcut is set up as,
Target: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
Start in: C:\cygwin\bin
Any suggestions?
LMH
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next reply other threads:[~2012-03-22 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-22 17:22 LMH [this message]
2012-03-22 17:37 ` Adam Dinwoodie
2012-03-22 17:50 ` LMH
2012-03-22 18:40 ` Adam Dinwoodie
2012-03-22 18:47 ` LMH
2012-03-23 14:05 ` Andrey Repin
2012-03-23 15:50 ` LMH
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