windows - call blat from shell script, w8 -

trying execute blat http://www.blat.net/ shell script. set environmental path variable, , can call blat location command prompt. sending email command line works fine. i'm not able call within shell script.

the (simplified) script

#!/bin/bash blat 

i get:

$ sh script.sh script.sh: line 2: blat: command not found 

i tried specifying absolute path c:/windows/system32/blat didn't work either.

there many ways solve this. if run blat bash, can put in /usr/local/bin aka c:\cygwin64\usr\local\bin.

if need run bash , cmd/powershell, windows "out of box" has pretty poor support that. linux/bash path this:

 /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin 

this great because have system space, , user space programs. windows looks this:

c:\windows\system32;c:\windows 

as can see default path has system space. bad because encourages people dumb things put user programs alongside protected operating system files. windows needs equivalent of /usr/local/bin, folder on path, ahead of people can dump command line programs. until happens have add own:

1. move blat.exe c:\users\<user>\documents

2. add path:

   setx path "%path%;c:\users\<user>\documents" /m 

when add windows path, automatically gets added bash path, program should available shells.