command not found when using makefile to run batch file on Windows 10

Question

When I try to run a makefile (type "make test" in terminal) which runs a batch file I get the equivalent error:

cd directory_path && test.bat
/bin/sh: test.bat: command not found
make: *** [makefile:58: test] Error 127

The makefile is:

.PHONY: test
test:
    cd directory_path && test.bat
    python path/test.py

(I changed names of the batch file, the directory path, etc. to try and make things more generic)

I can manually type "cd directory_path" and then "test.bat" and those both work. This makefile works on other systems. It only doesn't work on mine. I think it is an issue with how I installed Cygwin and how I run "make.exe".

I can use make to compile C code, but I also get an error trying to use make to run python scripts. The makefile from before also has a command for python path/test.py. This also isn't working on my system. If I delete the batch file line, but keep the python command it throws the error:

python path/test.py
make: python: No such file or directory
make: *** [makefile:59: test] Error 127.

I don't understand why it throws the error of no such file or directory since the path leads to the file, and if i put the python script in the same working directory as the makefile then it still can't find it.

Any ideas/solutions on these problems? Thank you!

EDIT:

Doug Henderson: I started a cmd prompt at the place with the make file and entered all of these commands in

uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-10.0 james-mobl2 3.1.6(0.340/5/3) 2020-07-09 08:20 x86_64 Cygwin

which make
/usr/bin/make

make -v
GNU Make 4.3
Built for x86_64-pc-cygwin
Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

which python
which: no python in
(/cygdrive/c/Program Files/AdoptOpenJDK/jdk-8.0.252.09-hotspot/bin:
/cygdrive/c/windows/system32:
/cygdrive/c/windows:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/Wbem:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/OpenSSH:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:
/cygdrive/c/Users/james/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PuTTY:
/usr/bin:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/AdoptOpenJDK/jdk-8.0.252.09 hotspot/bin:
/cygdrive/c/Users/james/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps)

(I cleaned up the output a little to make it more legible). This and which test.bat are the only commands that failed.

python -V
Python 3.8.5

The change directory changed correctly

which test.bat
which: no test.bat in 
(/cygdrive/c/Program Files/AdoptOpenJDK/jdk-8.0.252.09-hotspot/bin:
/cygdrive/c/windows/system32:
/cygdrive/c/windows:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/Wbem:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:
/cygdrive/c/windows/System32/OpenSSH:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:
/cygdrive/c/Users/james/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PuTTY:
/usr/bin:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/AdoptOpenJDK/jdk-8.0.252.09 hotspot/bin:
/cygdrive/c/Users/james/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps)

I added cmd /c test.bat to the makefile and it worked, but I've also had the batch file run on different systems without that addition. I also have a lot batch files in the actual makefile so this solution works but isn't ideal. It also didn't fix the python script not running.

I didn't initially have cmd.exe in my path, but I added it before entering those commands.

I'm not sure what you mean by starting my PATH in bash with /usr/bin;/bin;THE_REST

MadScientist: I was manually entering it into a Windows Terminal. Is it possible to have Cygwin invoke a Windows command.com shell?

What I did was go to directory that contained the makefile. Open a windows terminal by typing 'cmd' in the address bar. I would then type 'make test'. That obviously led to the issues. I then went through and manually entered the commands I thought the makefile was supposed to invoke. So I entered 'cd directory_path && test.bat'. This ran.

Matzeri: I don't really know. I'm completely new to POSIX, etc. I'm guessing I'm using Windows style, and judging from other responses, I'm trying to use Cygwin to do a non-POSIX style.

Thank you, everyone for responses!

Answer 1

1. Make sure cygwin is installed with basic packages --> Some basic packages not installed with cygwin try below link to install some basic package, uninstall the cygwin and install it again with following basic package: https://wiki.usask.ca/display/MESH/Running+Python+from+the+Cygwin+Terminal#RunningPythonfromtheCygwinTerminal-Cygwin

2. make sure cygwin's bin folder is added to your environment variable (eg, C:\cygwin64\bin)

Answer 2

If cmd /c test.bat works then . is probably not in your PATH. Always do ./test.bat when you want to run something in the current directory. Never count on the PATH unless you have set it yourself. Also make sure the file is executable. chmod +x test.bat