So, indeed there was no terminal attached. I like your example, but I couldn't get it to run. It's as if bash doesn't work properly. I got my script more or less to work, though it seems a bit inelegant like this:
ssh user@myserver -t -t < myscript.sh It still runs a bit weird, but it does the trick for now. thanks for pointing in the right direction! Ariel On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Brian Wilson <wil...@ds.net> wrote: >> I'm trying to use environment variables to pilot a windows system >> through cygwin+ssh. Things work nicely with an interactive shell, but >> mess up with a non-interactive shell because my environment variables >> aren't set. > << -snip- >> >> Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong? > > I'd suggest a simple approach like testing to see if there is a terminal > attached then source in the .bashrc or other environment setting files. Try > something like this: > > [[ ! -t 1 ]] && [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc > > If there is no terminal attached to the session, and there is a .bashrc file > in ${HOME}, source the file into the current environment. You may want to do > something similar for the /etc/profile or ~/.profile files in which case I > would use a regular "if" styled statement. Make sure ${HOME} is set > (obviously) or explicitly set the value if it is not set in the script. > Carefully check the file permissions to make sure everything has the correct > read, write, and execute permissions (i.e. You don't want to execute a file > that just anyone can write into) or you may get a nasty surprise. > > if [[ ! -t 1 ]] > then > echo -e "\n\tNo interactive terminal found for this session.\n\tSetting > the environment.\n" > [[ "${HOME}" = "" ]] && HOME=/usr/<usr_dir>/... > if [[ -f /etc/profile ]] > then > . /etc/profile > fi > if [[ -f ${HOME}/.profile ]] > then > . ${HOME}/.profile > fi > if [[ -f ${HOME}/.bashrc ]] > then > . ${HOME}/.bashrc > fi > fi > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple