Issue
Why show the directory in explorer command does not work in git bash?
When I type simply
start
at the MINGW64 Cygwin prompt on Windows, it displays:
/usr/bin/start: line 8: cmd: command not found
Solution
Even though it shouldn't be necessary, try the following:
/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe //c 'start .'
start
is a command that is internal to cmd.exe
, so it must be invoked with cmd /c
(and Git Bash apparently requires doubling /
chars. to be recognized as cmd
-style option-prefix characters).
However, there is a shell-script wrapper for it - /usr/bin/start
- which does this for you.
In your case, this shell script unexpectedly complains about not finding cmd
, even though /c/WINDOWS/system32
should be in your $PATH
environment variable by default - do check that variable and see if it's being modified unexpectedly somewhere.
$PATH
is initially defined in /etc/profile
, but can be overridden / modified in ~/.bash_profile
, for instance.
/etc/profile
also contains helpful links in comments:
# Some resources...
# Customizing Your Shell: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_5.html#SEC69
# Consistent BackSpace and Delete Configuration:
# http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html
# The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/
# The Linux Cookbook: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/linuxcookbook/html/
# Greg's Wiki http://mywiki.wooledge.org/
Answered By - mklement0 Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)