Re: [Boost-build] SHELL rule on cygwin

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-25 17:35:45

Chris Hoeppler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> during my first steps using BBv2 on cygwin I encountered the following problem: 
> When using 
> 
> SHELL "some_prog args" ;
> 
> I get a windows error due to the fact that the shell command is executed by the 
> DOS command prompt instead of by the cygwin shell. Any pointers on how to 
> get "some_prog" executed in the cygwin shell when bjam is invoked on cygwin?

SHELL "/path/to/bash -c some_prog args" ;

??

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