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Re: [BUG?] run.exe and pdflatex


On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Sven Köhler wrote:

> > Now i wonder, if it's already safe or if it would be possible to use
> > cygwin API (for example execve) from run.exe. To fix all the issues,
> > run.exe really would have to use cygwin to start the command since only
> > that will resolv all the issues (analysing the shebang, following
> > symlinks, etc.).
>
> OK, we cannot use execve, right?  If we would, it would open yet another
> console window will be opened for the program we'd like to exec, right?

Exactly.

> So is there any cygwin call to analyse a path? A call, that simply
> returns the program to execute, the parameters to pass, etc.?
>
> It really would really be better pass all the work (finding shebang,
> etc.) to cygwin so that it's consistent.

Yes, there is a well-known extensively tested way of handling shell
scripts, symlinks, etc.  It's called "using a shell".  Just execve your
favorite shell (/bin/bash is most likely to be present in all installs,
and /bin/sh in Cygwin is the same as bash), and pass it the executable
path as an argument.
	Igor
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