batch file - Running a shell script through Cygwin on Windows

Question

I have a bunch of shell scripts that used to run on a Linux machine. Now, we've switched over to Windows, and I need to run these scripts there. I have Cygwin installed, but is there a way to make the script run using Cygwin, but the call is made from Windows batch?

Answer 1

Sure. On my (pretty vanilla) Cygwin setup, bash is in c:cygwinin so I can run a bash script (say testit.sh) from a Windows batch file using a command like:

C:cygwininash testit.sh

... which can be included in a .bat file as easily as it can be typed at the command line, and with the same effect.