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Re: Running other scripts from Bash shell
- From: Cliff Hones <cliff at aonix dot co dot uk>
- To: "Ashman,Tim [PYR]" <Tim dot Ashman at ec dot gc dot ca>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:17:10 +0000
- Subject: Re: Running other scripts from Bash shell
- Organization: Aonix Europe
- References: <26220CFFE5E5D4119AC500508B60D4420D763A83@ecvancouver.pyr.ec.gc.ca>
Ashman,Tim [PYR] wrote:
> I am running Cygwin on a Windows 2000 machine. I also have GNU Octave 2.1.50
> (very similar to Matlab) installed. Cygwin is a component of the GNU Octave
> 2.1.50 build, but I have installed Cygwin seperately as well. As a result of
> this, my octave and cygwin programs do not run together and have different
> root directories. Will this cause any trouble calling an Octave script from
> a bash script under Cygwin? My root directories are C:/cygwin and C:/Program
> Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/
>
> I would like a bash script (scheduled with cron) that is located in
> C:/cygwin/bin to call some Octave scripts that I have in C:/Program
> Files/GNU Octave 2.1.50/octave_files/
>
> What is the best way of running scripts that are not associated with the
> Cygwin platform? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Have you looked at the Octave Windows FAQ?
http://octave.sourceforge.net/Octave_Windows.htm
It looks as though Octave can happily coexist with your
own Cygwin, provided it is installed correctly.
--
Cliff
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