From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29885 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2017 10:20:15 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 29864 invoked by uid 89); 12 Jul 2017 10:20:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*F:D*yandex.ru, H*M:yandex, gaining, sticking X-HELO: forward5o.cmail.yandex.net Received: from forward5o.cmail.yandex.net (HELO forward5o.cmail.yandex.net) (37.9.109.249) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:20:11 +0000 Received: from smtp1p.mail.yandex.net (smtp1p.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b6:6]) by forward5o.cmail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 352B0214E8; Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:20:09 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp1p.mail.yandex.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id D882D1780DB7; Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:20:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: by smtp1p.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id LH0KFKqHaW-K1CS0cOm; Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:20:02 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Authentication-Results: smtp1p.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:06:04 -0000 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:20:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1412825654.20170712130604@yandex.ru> To: Ugly Leper , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Starting from a Windows Command Prompt In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-07/txt/msg00205.txt.bz2 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. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, July 12, 2017 13:04:31 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple