From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
To: Ugly Leper <ugly.leper@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Starting from a Windows Command Prompt
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:20:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1412825654.20170712130604@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKqBF1gnbsiRURXOd7zo=w5hu9A_KMzchgoQMYCc_SeYDxjWvw@mail.gmail.com>
Greetings, Ugly Leper!
> Starting from a Windows Command Prompt, and using a syntax recommended
> from years ago I still start a bash shell with
> start /wait bin\bash (i.e. not just bin\bash)
> and a mintty shell with
mintty is not a shell, it's a terminal emulator.
> start bin\mintty (i.e. not just bin\mintty)
> and yet experiment shows that both simplified forms in brackets "work".
> Am I gaining / losing anything by sticking with the older longer
> syntax, or can I just dive in, as in brackets?
There's no gain or lose, it all depends on where and why you are using START.
If it's from a shortcut, then both is just a waste of resources.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 13:04:31
Sorry for my terrible english...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-12 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-12 6:16 Ugly Leper
2017-07-12 10:20 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2017-07-12 18:28 ` Brian Inglis
2017-07-12 20:20 ` Andrey Repin
2017-07-12 23:25 ` Brian Inglis
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