Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
Sometimes my Windows server reboots at night to install new updates. Then the next day I find out that my cygwin instance has been stopped. What I want is on Windows start, also run Cygwin AND run a specific command. so, step 1: Right now I have a cygwin.bat to start cygwin: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i step 2 is to enter the command in the command windows that appears after running cygwin.bat: cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But this command is what I want to have called automatically when i run cygwin.bat How can I combine step 1 and step 2 into a single bat file which I can run on Windows start? I tried this code: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But that doesnt work... -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Autostart-Cygwin-on-Windows-boot-and-run-a-cygwin-command-tp31144428p31144428.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
On 3/14/2011 13:10, Jeremy Bopp wrote: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar I forgot to append the trailing quote on the above command. It should be as follows: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar -Jeremy -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
On 3/14/2011 09:07, PeterSmith wrote: Sometimes my Windows server reboots at night to install new updates. Then the next day I find out that my cygwin instance has been stopped. What I want is on Windows start, also run Cygwin AND run a specific command. so, step 1: Right now I have a cygwin.bat to start cygwin: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i step 2 is to enter the command in the command windows that appears after running cygwin.bat: cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But this command is what I want to have called automatically when i run cygwin.bat How can I combine step 1 and step 2 into a single bat file which I can run on Windows start? While not 100% clear, I'm going to assume from your description that you actually want this to run when you log in rather than when the machine boots up. It also looks like you know how to handle that part yourself. Ask about setting up a service if you would like this to run independently of whether or not you ever log into the machine though. I tried this code: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But that doesnt work... You need to help us help you here. Simply saying that something doesn't work without including any further details about what you see or error messages you receive forces us to guess about the problem. My guess about your problem is that your bash command is flawed. The -c option takes a single string that will be run as a command, and since your command has spaces in it, you need to quote it. Otherwise, the command will be split on those spaces which will lead to erroneous arguments for bash. Because your command also has quotes, you'll need to escape those with backslashes if you absolutely must keep them. Maybe something like this will work for you: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar If you still have problems, please provide more details. :-) -Jeremy -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
First of: sorry for not providing all info. I DO want to run this command as soon as my machine boots. My server sometimes reboots at night after an update. So when Windows starts, in the Startup Folder I will place a shortcut to the .bat file. I the bat file I now have: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar When I run this from the command prompt I get this error: C:\start_cygwin.bat bash: line 0: cd: /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/: No such file or directory Unable to access jarfile start.jar C:\cygwin\bin Hopefully my problem is more clear now and you can further assist me :) Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: On 3/14/2011 09:07, PeterSmith wrote: Sometimes my Windows server reboots at night to install new updates. Then the next day I find out that my cygwin instance has been stopped. What I want is on Windows start, also run Cygwin AND run a specific command. so, step 1: Right now I have a cygwin.bat to start cygwin: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i step 2 is to enter the command in the command windows that appears after running cygwin.bat: cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But this command is what I want to have called automatically when i run cygwin.bat How can I combine step 1 and step 2 into a single bat file which I can run on Windows start? While not 100% clear, I'm going to assume from your description that you actually want this to run when you log in rather than when the machine boots up. It also looks like you know how to handle that part yourself. Ask about setting up a service if you would like this to run independently of whether or not you ever log into the machine though. I tried this code: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=./example-DIH/solr/ -jar start.jar But that doesnt work... You need to help us help you here. Simply saying that something doesn't work without including any further details about what you see or error messages you receive forces us to guess about the problem. My guess about your problem is that your bash command is flawed. The -c option takes a single string that will be run as a command, and since your command has spaces in it, you need to quote it. Otherwise, the command will be split on those spaces which will lead to erroneous arguments for bash. Because your command also has quotes, you'll need to escape those with backslashes if you absolutely must keep them. Maybe something like this will work for you: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar If you still have problems, please provide more details. :-) -Jeremy -- 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 -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Autostart-Cygwin-on-Windows-boot-and-run-a-cygwin-command-tp31144428p31147099.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
On 3/14/2011 13:25, PeterSmith wrote: FYI, this list prefers bottom posting rather than top posting. Reformatting... :-) Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar If you still have problems, please provide more details. :-) First of: sorry for not providing all info. I DO want to run this command as soon as my machine boots. My server sometimes reboots at night after an update. So when Windows starts, in the Startup Folder I will place a shortcut to the .bat file. What Startup Folder are you talking about exactly? I'm probably just not aware of such a folder whose contents are executed by the system upon boot up, but if you're talking about the folder for your user account, that will only be run when you log in. If your machine automatically logs you in on boot up, you'll be fine in that case; otherwise, you'll need to hook this up a bit differently. You may want to look into the Registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run I'm not sure if you can directly run a batch file there or if you'll have to run cmd with the batch file as an argument. Assuming this works for you, the only problem then will likely be that this will run as the Local System account rather than your user, which may or may not matter to you. I the bat file I now have: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar I forgot to include the final quote in my first reply. Try again with a quote at the end of that last line. -Jeremy -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
On Mar 14, 2011 3:07 PM, PeterSmith wrote: What I want is on Windows start, also run Cygwin AND run a specific command. Why? Why bother with Cygwin? You are starting some Java program that I assume will work just fine when started from a simple CMD-script. @echo off E: cd solr\apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48\example java -Dsolr.solr.home=.\example-DIH\solr -jar start.jar -- Jan Bruun Andersen -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: On 3/14/2011 13:25, PeterSmith wrote: FYI, this list prefers bottom posting rather than top posting. Reformatting... :-) Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar If you still have problems, please provide more details. :-) First of: sorry for not providing all info. I DO want to run this command as soon as my machine boots. My server sometimes reboots at night after an update. So when Windows starts, in the Startup Folder I will place a shortcut to the .bat file. What Startup Folder are you talking about exactly? I'm probably just not aware of such a folder whose contents are executed by the system upon boot up, but if you're talking about the folder for your user account, that will only be run when you log in. If your machine automatically logs you in on boot up, you'll be fine in that case; otherwise, you'll need to hook this up a bit differently. You may want to look into the Registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run I'm not sure if you can directly run a batch file there or if you'll have to run cmd with the batch file as an argument. Assuming this works for you, the only problem then will likely be that this will run as the Local System account rather than your user, which may or may not matter to you. I the bat file I now have: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar I forgot to include the final quote in my first reply. Try again with a quote at the end of that last line. -Jeremy -- 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 Ok, so for now lets focus on the contents of the .bat file. I'll have a look at the startup of the bat later :) I now have this: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar But that still gives me the exact same error: C:\start_cygwin.bat bash: line 0: cd: /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/: No such file or dir ectory Unable to access jarfile start.jar C:\cygwin\bin However, when I have this in my .bat file: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i rem bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar I DO get the Cygwin command prompt. What am I missing here? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Autostart-Cygwin-on-Windows-boot-and-run-a-cygwin-command-tp31144428p31147631.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
On 3/14/2011 14:21, PeterSmith wrote: Ok, so for now lets focus on the contents of the .bat file. I'll have a look at the startup of the bat later :) Excellent idea, especially considering that it's not really a Cygwin problem at that point. ;-) I now have this: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar But that still gives me the exact same error: C:\start_cygwin.bat bash: line 0: cd: /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/: No such file or dir ectory Unable to access jarfile start.jar C:\cygwin\bin I think the Unable to access... error message is actually coming from java.exe. That's likely because the cd before the java call failed first, so you're not in the directory you expect to be when java is started. Make sure you don't have a typo in that path to which you're trying to cd. You may also consider replacing the ; in the command with so that the java command is never run if the cd fails. -Jeremy -- 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
Re: Autostart Cygwin on Windows boot and run a cygwin command
Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: On 3/14/2011 14:21, PeterSmith wrote: Ok, so for now lets focus on the contents of the .bat file. I'll have a look at the startup of the bat later :) Excellent idea, especially considering that it's not really a Cygwin problem at that point. ;-) I now have this: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash -c cd /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/;java -Dsolr.solr.home=\./example-DIH/solr/\ -jar start.jar But that still gives me the exact same error: C:\start_cygwin.bat bash: line 0: cd: /cygdrive/e/solr/apache-solr-4.0-2010-10-12_08-05-48/example/: No such file or dir ectory Unable to access jarfile start.jar C:\cygwin\bin I think the Unable to access... error message is actually coming from java.exe. That's likely because the cd before the java call failed first, so you're not in the directory you expect to be when java is started. Make sure you don't have a typo in that path to which you're trying to cd. You may also consider replacing the ; in the command with so that the java command is never run if the cd fails. -Jeremy -- 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 It indeed was Java and also because there was a typo in my directory :) Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Autostart-Cygwin-on-Windows-boot-and-run-a-cygwin-command-tp31144428p31148119.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
