From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23114 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 2002 18:08:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23068 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2002 18:08:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail1.svr.pol.co.uk) (195.92.193.18) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2002 18:08:22 -0000 Received: from [195.92.198.123] (helo=mail17.svr.pol.co.uk) by mail1.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16haPF-0003Mg-00 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 18:08:21 +0000 Received: from modem-221.ecthelion.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.168.221] helo=9.140.161.66) by mail17.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16haPE-0007ZT-00 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 18:08:20 +0000 Received: FROM ukf.net BY 9.140.161.66 ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:08:10 +00:00 Message-ID: <003101c1c2de$609a7cb0$dda8883e@wdg.uk.ibm.com> From: "Max Bowsher" To: References: <3C81BFA9.2020606@ece.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: "start" for Cygwin Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 10:08:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-SW-Source: 2002-03/txt/msg00134.txt.bz2 I think there was a start.exe in Win9x/Me (i.e. it was not a command.com builtin), but my Win9x days are mercifully over, so I can't say for sure. Nevertheless, a cygutils start could be a useful scripting tool. > Ah -- and that explains why one previously had to do "cmd /c start foo" > from a bash shell. Okay, according to my tests (I put a 'start' shell > script in my /usr/bin directory.) From bash, 'start foo' causes my > script to run. From cmd, 'start foo' causes the builtin cmd command to > run (even tho D:/cygwin/bin is in the front of my PATH). > > This is good -- I withdraw my objection (such as it was). > > Anybody else think this is a good cygutil? I think it *probably* is... > > --Chuck > > > Robert Collins wrote: > > > Start is a cmd builtin - there is no start.exe > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ece.gatech.edu] > >> > > Anyway, I personally have no objection to including start in cygutils -- > > > > but the sudden appearance of a 'start.exe' command in /usr/bin (which > > could hide WINNT/start.exe) may cause consternation in some quarters. > > > > FYI, I've just completed the following HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE (to cygutils) > > document. It will show up in /usr/doc/cygutils-X.Y.Z/ in the next > > release of cygutils. > > > > --Chuck > > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/