Cygwin.md

Cygwin

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Setup

Common

ln -s /cygdrive/c/ /c

Packages I need that aren't installed by default

• dos2unix
• jq
• curl
• postgres
• wget
• xmllint
• openssh (The Windows ssh/scp requires Windws path for -i.)
• nc

Windows Paths

Adjust paths to Windows format in scripts

This is required to pass a path as a parameter to a Windows executable, like java.exe.

if [[ $(uname -s) == CYGWIN* ]]; then
   # Running under Cygwin.
   JAR=`cygpath -w ${JAR}`
fi

Note: Double marks (aka squar brackets) is required.

Open Windows Explorer in a particular directory

explorer `cygpath -d src/test`

A useful script:

#!/bin/bash
OPEN_PATH="."
if [ "$#" -gt "0" ]; then
   OPEN_PATH=$1
fi
explorer `cygpath -d $OPEN_PATH`

Call from Windows CMD

C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -l (The "-l" option is required to setup PATH.)

C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -l -c "'/cygdrive/c/Users/me/call_a_script.sh'"