Re: [Mingw-users] more than one command in shell

[Kraus P. <phi...@fl...>]

Am 25.10.2012 um 16:54 schrieb Paul:

>>>> I try to run more than one command within the MinGW shell:  cd
>>>> mydir; ./configure; make; make install but this does not work. The
>>>> cd command creates the error that the path does not exists, but if
>>>> I run each command alone all commands are working.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, it works.  The execution stops at the first failing command.
>>> If you want the execution of the commands to execute regardless of
>>> if they fail then you need to use || instead of ; where ||
>>> represents OR. The ; is being treated as && which represents AND.
>> 
>> Yes I know, but ; is correct. It seems the "cd" command fails
> I think what Philipp is trying to say is that when he runs all the
> commands on one line separated by a semicolon, the cd command fails,
> causing all the commands to fail, but when he runs them individually,
> they all work, including the cd command. What he is asking is why is
> the cd command failing when run with the other commands, as on its own
> it has no reason to fail.
> 
> I could be wrong, I just see potential miscommunication happening...

Thanks Paul, this is the correct context :-)