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15 years ago

How to execute NIOS II Command Shell commands from a *.bat file

There is probably a simple solution to this, but I am having a hard time finding it in any of the documentation. I have four applications that I need to build for a single board. I can build t...
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15 years ago

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"sh -c <command> [args]" might work a bit better.

Most "bourne-like" shells behave this way. Since the Nios II shell environment is based on Bash ("Bourne Again SHell"), this should work.

Cheers,

slacker

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You don't need 'sh -c' here, that is usually only needed when you need a shell to do filename globbing or stdin/stdout redirection when a program is running something using one of the exec family of functions - eg execl().