Executing a BASH script from a start menu shortcut

Bernard Dautrevaux DAUTREVAUX@microprocess.com
Sun Feb 28 23:02:00 GMT 1999


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Levon Saldamli [ mailto:levon@lysator.liu.se ]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 7:42 AM
> To: 'GNU-WIN32'
> Cc: campbell@calgary.paradigmgeo.com
> Subject: Re: Executing a BASH script from a start menu shortcut
> 
> 
> Robert Campbell <campbell@calgary.paradigmgeo.com> writes:
> 
> > Does anybody know how to create an icon on the desktop (or 
> from the start
> > menu) that will execute a bash script without starting a dos prompt.
> >  
> > I have cygwin setup to start my X server by executing 
> 'startx' from any bash
> > shell, and I would like to know how I can create an icon on 
> my desktop to do
> > this, without bringing up a command prompt window.
> >  
> > I would like the script to do something like this:
> >  
> > #!/bin/bash --login
> > startx

I have the same kind of problem but do not have time to investigate it
yet :-(

> 
> I think you could call bash with your script as argument, 
> something like:
> 
> path_to_bash/bash.exe myscript

This should work but in no case will get us rid of the annoying
"console" window 8-(

> 
> If it needs the env-variables you could copy the cygnus.bat, and
> change it to call bash with your script as argument instead.

This too will create a "console" window. My poblem, and Robert's one if
I understand it correctly, was to get rid of it...

Thanks anyway,

		Bernard,

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