How to execute shell script in cygwin?

Question

I store name.sh under C:\Documents and Settings\user when i type sh name.sh in Cygwin,

sh: testing.sh: No such file or directory

any help will be appreciated!

Answer 1

Is that the actual output? If so, it's looking for another script called testing.sh.

testing.sh needs to be in a directory listed in the PATH variable, or you have to run it using a full path, e.g. ./testing.sh or ~/user/testing.sh.

Also don't forget to make testing.sh executable by running chmod +x testing.sh.

Answer 2

If you're in C:\Documents and Settings\user when you're running it, try:

./name.sh

If you're not in that directory, you'll need to either change directory there or prepend the command with the location. Here's how to change directory to c:\documents and settings\user

cd /cygdrive/c/"Documents and Settings"/User

You can see which directory you're currently in with the following command, I believe:

pwd