From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25117 invoked by alias); 2 Jan 2009 17:38:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 25105 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jan 2009 17:38:13 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihxway3out.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxway3out.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.111) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:37:30 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP Received: from nihcessmtp2.hub.nih.gov ([128.231.90.116]) by nihxway3out.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 02 Jan 2009 12:10:18 -0500 Received: from NIHHT03.nih.gov ([156.40.71.22]) by NIHCESSMTP2.hub.nih.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:10:18 -0500 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHT03.nih.gov ([156.40.71.22]) with mapi; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:10:18 -0500 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:38:00 -0000 Subject: RE: MinTTY Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DF2@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <495917BA.1090401@gmail.com> <0E77A4429F494644A9C7CB6F6F3D2125@DFW5RB41> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DD8@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20081230165106.GA5230@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <495AB264.8020800@gmail.com> <20081231010535.GA14257@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <495BB472.9060305@gmail.com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DE5@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00034.txt.bz2 Thorsten Kampe wrote on Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:37 AM: > * Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:03:48 -0500)> >> Thorsten Kampe wrote on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:40 AM: >>> you have to use "start". >> >> Or "cygstart.exe"? > > Right. Although there is no real advantage to use that instead of > start. On XP there is no start.exe. (98se ) So you have to use cmd /c start The main advantage of cygstart is that it understands POSIX paths. I seem to remember that sometimes quoting can be simpler with cygstart than with `cmd /c start'. > Okay. Can we say "a little bit lengthy although not as lenghty as > someone might expect"? Yes. :-) Actually, when I started writing the steps to get at the environmental variables I was surprised that it was so much longer than I remembered. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/