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

[Renato S. <br....@gm...>]

2012/10/25 Paul <pau...@af...>

> > >> 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...
>

Yes that's what I understood too, and he says it very clearly.