With sqlite3.exe under Cygwin I am unable to use the .excel command. There are apparently two separate issues on a default installation.

The first is that as Cygwin is identified as a Unix-style environment, SQLite attempts to call xdg-open, which does not exist unless the user has installed the xdg-utils package. Perhaps SQLite could point this particular package out with a more helpful error message.

The second (actually the only real) issue is that the path given to xdg-open (when it is installed) appears to be invalid, missing backslashes:

Unable to start 'C:cygwin64tmpetilqs_VRZheZvmh6MvCTU.csv': The specified file was not found.
Failed: [xdg-open C:\cygwin64\tmp\etilqs_VRZheZvmh6MvCTU.csv]

Any chance someone else could confirm the same behaviour on another Cygwin installation? Maybe the devs or other interested parties feel like investigating...

Thanks, Mark