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Question about windows shortchts to start a bash script
- From: LMHmedchem <lhall833 at comcast dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:42:18 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Question about windows shortchts to start a bash script
Greetings to the Cygwin list forum,
I have had some difficulty finding a place to post this question and I hope
this is it.
I have a cygwin bash script that runs rsync and makes some entries in the
rsync log files.
Here is an example.
echo " " >> F:/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
echo " " >> F:/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
echo "***** new log entry *****" >>
F:/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
date >> F:/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
rsync -v -a -r -p -b --suffix=.back -E -t
--log-file=/cygdrive/f/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
/cygdrive/d/_Data_Level/ /cygdrive/f/_Data_Volume_Backup/_Data_Level/
unix2dos F:/_Data_Volume_Backup/rsync_log/01_Data_Level_log.txt
This script just puts a couple of newline characters between log entries and
then sticks in the date. Then rsync is called and last unix2dos is called to
make the logfile readable in notepad.
I call this script from a desktop shortcut with the following properties.
Target: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe /usr/local/bin/DLBackup.sh
Start in: C:\cygwin\bin
I have run this script for a long time on another computer, but when I just
set it up on a different computer, the bash terminal opens briefly, displays
some messages that are almost too fast to read, and then closes. The log
files have entries for "***** new log entry *****", so the script is
getting that far, but the error message "date: command not found" and
"rsync: command not found" are written to the shell. If I run the script
from the shell, it runs normally and I get the anticipated results.
Can anyone tell me why this is not working, especially since it works on
another computer with the same setup?
Thanks
LMHmedchem
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