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Re: [h-e-w] Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [h-e-w] Bash on Ubuntu on Windows |
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Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:43:06 +0300 |
> From: David Klein <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:45:09 +0300
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> I am trying to get M-x shell to work with "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"
> (https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/)
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> I have tried
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> (setq explicit-shell-file-name "C:/Windows/System32/bash.exe")
> (setq shell-file-name explicit-shell-file-name)
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> but when I type "M-x shell" I get the error
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> "Spawning child process: invalid argument"
Are you sure this bash.exe is a native Windows program? E.g., can you
invoke it from any program other than cmd.exe, like make.exe or the
Cygwin Bash?