Re: Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

David,

There is a Reddit thread on this topic that might be useful to you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4vxoug/emacs_on_windows_10_anniversary_update/?st=irp0m7sz&sh=6144bb43

From what I've been able to glean from the Microsoft blog posts on
this topic, it's not possible.

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/

However, some in the aforementioned thread have had some successes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4vxoug/emacs_on_windows_10_anniversary_update/d63g8dz

Will

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From: David Klein <[email protected]>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:45:09 +0300
>>
>> I am trying to get M-x shell to work with "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"
>> (https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/)
>>
>> I have tried
>>
>> (setq explicit-shell-file-name "C:/Windows/System32/bash.exe")
>> (setq shell-file-name explicit-shell-file-name)
>>
>> but when I type "M-x shell" I get the error
>>
>> "Spawning child process: invalid argument"
>
> Are you sure this bash.exe is a native Windows program?  E.g., can you
> invoke it from any program other than cmd.exe, like make.exe or the
> Cygwin Bash?
>