Cygwin can't execute shell script

Question

I am trying to execute a .sh file with Cygwin on Windows 7, and I'm getting an error cannot execute binary file.

Here is what I wrote in the Cygwin command prompt window:

$ bash cygpath --unix C:\Users\\MyName\\Documents\\MyProject\\dygraphsMaster\\generate-combined.sh

This was the result:

/usr/bin/cygpath: /usr/bin/cygpath: cannot execute binary file

What are the permissions of your file? The first 3 letters should be rwx. — bsg
– bsg, Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 18:13

admdrew · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-08 14:30:35Z

1

Enclose your Windows path with double quotes (") and your entire cygpath command with backticks (`).

My example:

> pwd
/cygdrive/c/TestFolder/ScriptInsideHere

> ls -al
total 1
drwx------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users  0 Aug 25 13:08 .
drwx------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users  0 Aug 25 13:13 ..
-rwx------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 29 Aug 25 13:08 hello_world.sh

> cat hello_world.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo Hello World

Running the above:

> bash `cygpath --unix "C:\TestFolder\ScriptInsideHere\hello_world.sh"`
Hello World

edited Oct 8, 2014 at 14:30

answered Aug 25, 2014 at 18:20

admdrew

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