msysgit - How to run internal cmd command from the msys shell?

The Windows CMD utility has a number of internal commands, such as mklink. How can they be used from the msys shell ?

From CMD's documentation, the /c switch can be used to execute a command and exit; but this doesn't seem to work.

• If I do cmd /c mklink the mklink command is not executed and the CMD shell is not exited.

Before pressing Enter:

After:

Process Monitor screenshot:

• Trying to run the command as a background process: cmd /c mklink & apparently works - the mklink command is executed, but the CMD shell is not terminated. Every time Enter is pressed, CMD will become the active shell.

Answer

1. 
   

   Search your %PATH% for cmd.cmd or cmd.bat. They may interfere with your cmd

   
   


2. 
   

   Run Process Monitor and run your cmd /c mklink. Examine ProcMon log for really executed commands.