How can I associate .sh files with Cygwin?

Question

I\'d like to run a long rsync command in Cygwin by double clicking on a .sh file in Windows. It must start in the file\'s containing directory (e.g. /cygdrive/c/scripts/) so th

Answer 1

Look at the assoc and ftype commands in a dos box. Here's an example for .jpg on my machine

c:\>assoc .jpg
.jpg=jpegfile

c:\>ftype jpegfile
jpegfile="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

assoc .sh=bashscript

ftype bashscript="c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe" "%1"

Make sure you change the path to bash in the ftype command to match where you have cygwin installed