Start bash in certain directory from Windows

Question

I am trying to start Bash.exe in the "/mnt" directory.

The following command properly starts bash:

C:\Windows\Sysnative\bash.exe

I have the following .bat file:

C:\Windows\Sysnative\bash.exe -c "cd /mnt/"

Unfortunately, this does not do anything. The same applies to:

C:\Windows\Sysnative\bash.exe --cd "/mnt/"

Disclaimer: even though there are very similar posts, this is not a duplicate. — Chiel, Oct 05 '18 at 13:27
The formatting of the slashes is already correct in this example. If it were not, it should give an error that it can not find the path. — Chiel, Oct 05 '18 at 14:28
Do you have a .bash_profile or .bashrc file in your home directory? — lit, Oct 05 '18 at 14:35
No. I do not have a .bash_profile or .bashrc file in my /home directory, nor in any of it's subdirectories. — Chiel, Oct 05 '18 at 14:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '18 at 18:15

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Try:

C:\Windows\Sysnative\bash.exe -c "cd /mnt/ ; exec bash"

That starts a Bash process that cds to '/mnt/' and then replaces itself with a new (interactive) Bash process that is running in the '/mnt' directory.

The code above is only lightly tested, and may or may not meet your requirements. For alternatives see run bash command in new shell and stay in new shell after this command executes and "Linked" pages from that.

answered Oct 05 '18 at 18:15

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This fully meets my requirements. I tested it and it works perfect. Great work. – Chiel Oct 09 '18 at 09:04

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