Bill asked:
> Is there a good way to approach this sort of problem?
I've done this. Use spawn dyadically. For example:
load'task'
cmd =: noun define
pwd
cd ..
pwd
)
cmd spawn 'bash'
The left hand argument is the stdin to the program named in the right hand
argument (look, I got the sides right!). The output is the stdout (and stderr).
You'll have to fiddle with the arguments to bash a bit (to get the $PATH right,
to make it load your profile, to make sure the stdin is interpreted as a
script, not as interactive, etc).
Also, if you're only cd'ing once, then once I commit my changes to task, you'll
have the option to name the working directory in the right hand argument
(you'll link it with ; ).
If you're only trying to cd to your Cygwin home dir, then you might not even
need to wait for that -- you could using bash's --login parameter (I think).
I'll post a more considered reply later, if you like. In a bit of a hurry at
the moment.
-Dan
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