Re: SQL*PLUS and CygWin

Before you run sqlplus, set the ComSpec env variable, like so:

set ComSpec=c:\usr\local\wbin\sh.exe

Next time you host out it will run this instead of the default ComSpec='C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'

HTH,
Warren Lindsey

Stefan Jahnke wrote:

>Hi everybody
>
>I'm using cywin on my Win2k box to get a reasonable shell. Now there's one
>problem left: Everytime I issue a "host" command within SQL*PLUS, I get a
>Windows console. I would like to get the bash prompt instead. Is there any
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Regards,
>Stefan
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