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+@echo off
+REM Double click on this file to use it. 
+REM It will launch a Cygwin shell with the needed Visual Studio 2015 environment variables set
+REM Used to run the automated build / release scripts that are written in Perl/Python
+
+CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
+
+C:
+chdir C:\cygwin64\bin
+bash --login -i