File Association for a .EXE

[luckydexte]

Hello All,

I have very limited experience when it comes to UNIX and I am running into a problem that I cannot solve. I am trying to launch a Windows Explorer browser from a shell script by passing it an argument. For example:

C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe

http://www.tek-tips.com

This works fine. However, for some reason Microsoft has started to make there executables in capital letters. Because UNIX is case sensitive it doesn't know what to do with a .EXE file. So when I run the above command with IEXPLORE.EXE it has no idea what to do.

This shell script will be running on many different machines so renaming the executable is not really a good option. Whether it be in the shell script itself or adding a file association, if any has any thoughts please let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Brandon

 

[bjverzal]

Maybe I am missing something, but how are the UNIX and Windows machines related ?

Bill.

 

[luckydexte]

Sorry, I should have clarified that. A bash shell is running on the Windows machine, creating an environment similar to UNIX.

Brandon

 

[bjverzal]

Withing the bash shell, use the "tr" program to convert everything to one case (either upper or lower), then fire off IE.

Bill.