Why won't my .sh file work with cygwin?

Thorsten Kampe thorsten@thorstenkampe.de
Wed Jul 4 10:04:00 GMT 2012


* Gundament (Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:38:36 -0700 (PDT))
> 
> I am new to Cygwin but I understand it does it's best to simulate a
> linux terminal.

No. "Cygwin is: a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and 
feel environment for Windows." http://cygwin.com/
 
> I want to make a little program and I have written out the entire code and
> saved it as a ".sh" file.
> 
> I have paired my Windows computer to open .sh files with Cygwin's mintty.exe
> (terminal)

You are confusing a terminal (like Mintty) with a shell (like bash).

Thorsten


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