Run batch file from network share (vmware shared folder) in Cygwin

ukchucktown

I have some issues with cygwin and mapped network drives. My setup is a bit complicated to work around some of the limitations of our company VPN. I'm running a Windows 10 VM under VMware Fusion and have a shared folder from a Mac host that is mapped to a network drive in Windows. The reason is that b/c I access a remote Git repository using a VPN connection that utilizes a browser plugin which currently only works in Safari. I need to run git commands from a Mac host, but the project's build/development environment is Windows. The VPN browser plugin cannot be installed in any browser under Windows. Hopefully this is a temporary issue, but for now I have to fix it.

In my cygwin environment the mapped drives are not showing up under /cygdrive, probably b/c is a shared folder with hgfs filesystem type. I can mount the shared folder, but when I try to run the batch file from the cygwin environment, I get the following error:

./OpenCommandPrompt.bat
'\\vmware-host\Shared Folders\grant\Projects\lts\Product'
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
UNC paths are not supported.  Defaulting to Windows directory.
The system cannot find the path specified.
'setenv.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'setclasspath.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external 
command, operable program or batch file.
C:\Windows>

It doesn't like UNC paths. I'm able to run commands fine in PowerShell using the mapped drive letter, but I'm not having much luck with cygwin. My desire is to run the VM headless and SSH into the windows environment from the host, so I'd like to work fine in the cygwin environment. Any suggestions?

ukchucktown

I was able to solve the problem by creating a simple script executed from .bash_profile. I basically check if the /cygdrive/h folder exists and if not, execute the script.

#!/bin/bash
net use H: '\\vmware-host\Shared Folders\share'

I tried mapping the drive from Windows, but all attempts failed to register the drive mapping under the /cygdrive folder in cygwin. That's what I'm trying to overcome. Once the mapped drive is placed under /cygdrive, all batch scripts can be executed.

Honestly, I'm still not sure why mapping the drive from Windows doesn't register it as cygwin. And vice versa: if I execute a net command from the terminal, the command is not registered in the explorer.

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