lauching a perl script from a .bat

[Randall R Schulz]

Marko,

At 10:24 2002-07-22, Marko Loparic wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have developed a perl script to a remote user who
>runs Windows. I would like to make an easy
>installation
>cd for him and to allow him to launch to script using
>a .bat file. I have two basic questions.
>
>1) The perl script uses cygwin names like /cygdrive,
>so I can't launch perl directly from a .bat file. I
>suppose I have to launch cygwin's bash passing the
>script as an argument. How do I do this?

man cygpath

BASH per se doesn't offer a solution to this issue--it knows only the Unix 
cocoon of Cygwin.


>2) I would like to insert a basic cygwin installation
>in the cd. It seems that zipping c:\cygwin and
>unzipping it in his computer works. Is this a safe
>solution?

Use the Cygwin installer ("Setup.exe" -- 
<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe>)--it handles setting up the registry 
entries used by the Cygwin "kernel" (i.e., Cygwin1.dll).

Download the packages you wish to install (use a mirroring tool such as 
wget, FTP Voyager or the Cygwin Setup.exe installer in "Download from 
Internet" mode) and burn the resulting files onto the CD you'll use to 
perform the installations.


>Thank you very much in advance!
>Marko

I hope it helps.


Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


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