Emacs: How to use shell command prompt with emacs?

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I am trying to use the shell command to facilitate commands like adding directories, etc. while in emacs. I am having problems getting it to work.

I enter M-! and then my minibuffer says Shell command: but none of my commands are accepted. For example, entering pwd or ls I get messages like pwd is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.. Any suggestions?

I used this reference, but it does not seem to help with my situation:

http://www.nongnu.org/emacsdoc-fr/manuel/shell.html

Extra Info I am using Windows 7 OS. I also have cygwin64 installed, if that matters. Is emacs just connecting to an external shell, or is the shell built into emacs? If the shell is external, can I connect to cygwin64 (although it may not be worth the trouble).

Any suggestions on how to configure this properly? I found the following resource, but I am not sure whether this is the right direction: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsApp

You might consider using Emacs's built-in directory-editing mode (dired); you can just visit a directory file (C-x C-f, enter the directory's name, RET) and operate on it there; e.g. + to add a directory. — BRPocock
– BRPocock, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 0:21

Drew · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-18 00:05:00Z

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Sounds like you need to make sure that variable exec-path includes the directories where those commands (ls etc.) are located.

That error message does not appear to be an Emacs error message (from the Emacs Lisp or C source code), but rather it seems to come from the shell that tries to execute your command.

answered Jan 18, 2014 at 0:05

Drew

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