I use Cygwin as my cmd replacement on Windows and I am in the process of cleaning up my system PATH variable.
I now have a folder containing exe's and shortcuts (.LNK) files which is in PATH containing all the small apps and software I use from the command line.
Everything works through CMD, however the shortcuts, .LNK files, do not work through Cygwin.
Instead I get
bash: /cygdrive/e/Apps/uniserver.lnk: cannot execute binary file
My only guess is because it thinks .lnk is supposed to be a symlink?
Is there anyway to get Cygwin to launch the shortcut?
Answer
You can execute Windows LNK files from Cygwin using the cygstart utility, part of cygutils package, as follows:
cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]
See cygstart --help for the options available.
The following should be enough in your case:
cygstart /cygdrive/e/Apps/uniserver.lnk
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