Open Cygwin at a specific folder

Question

How can I create a Cygwin shortcut that will open Cygwin at a specific folder? This would obviate having to type

cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Tom/Desktop/
         


        

Answer 1

Create a bash file say move.sh which has the following code C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe -p /bin bash runFile.sh This starts the Cygwin and executes the runFile.sh present in the bin directory of Cygwin Suppose you want to navigate to a specific directory say E:\code then runFile.sh has the following code cd E: cd code