[Gmsh] Windows version of gmsh

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Jehudi Maes wrote:
> 
> Dear Cristophe,
> 
> Is it possible to create a command line version of windows gmsh for the
> generation of the mesh. On Linux the command line version is OK, on windows
> however it is a real windows program that is disconnected from the dos box
> when you call gmsh with the -2 switch. This makes it somewhat difficult to
> make a loop of calls to gmsh and getdp (you would have to check if gmsh is
> still running before starting a new call to getdp).

Yes, this is a known issue with the DOS terminal. You should install a
more capable shell, e.g. bash, which is available in the cygwin tools
(http://www.cygwin.com). You will then be able to use Gmsh exactly as on
Linux.

Christophe

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