Why can't Git Bash run my executable? Why can't Git Bash run my executable? windows windows

Why can't Git Bash run my executable?


To run a program in the current directory in bash, you put ./ in front of it. So in your case:

$ ./sqlite3.exe

When you run sqlite3, bash will look for a program with exactly that name in all directories of the PATH environment variable, which by default includes standard locations for executables like /usr/local/bin but not your current directory. See here for more info on that.


It's because you're under a is a runtime environment for gcc, that give you support to binaries native under Windows, but you can run any exe as shell using ./ (local execute)Take a look to documentation of this tool: http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/wiki2/FAQ/


Your PATH is missing ./. Add it to your .profile file in the home directory (/c/Users/username):

$ cd$ pwd/c/Users/username$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:./' >> .profile

Restart bash session and voilĂ ! Now echo $PATH should output :./ as the last item. Note that you definitely need to add it as the last item for security (e.g. against malicious ls.exe).