From: Bbbymcn2001@netscape.net (Bobby McNulty)
To: baggend@howlermonkey.net ("Alex Malinovich"), cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: cygwin.bat
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 15:27:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1E5B71A3.0E89B188.34CBA360@netscape.net> (raw)
"Alex Malinovich" <baggend@howlermonkey.net> wrote:
>Just a quick observation. Cygwin.bat calls "bash --login -i" to start
>cygwin. Wouldn't it be a bit better to instead use 'start' to launch
>bash?
>
>e.g.
>
>"start bash --login -i"
>
>By using 'start' bash is called, and then the batchfile continues
>execution. (it ends)
>
>This would alleviate the issue of "Terminate batch job?" messages that
>occasionally crop up when closing the window. It also allows more than
>one instance of bash to be called by using a keyboard shortcut. I have
>ctrl-alt-c set to call cygwin.bat. The only problem is that if I already
>have a window open, it won't allow me to open a second one that way
>since the batch file is still "running". Using 'start', I can now open
>as many windows as I want. AFAIK the 'start' command has been
>implemented in all MS OS's since 95 so compatibility shouldn't be an
>issue. Just a suggestion.
>
>-Alex
>
>
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I just tried it out.
start /r bash --login -i
When exit is sent, the window closes without any fuss.
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next reply other threads:[~2001-09-08 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-08 15:27 Bobby McNulty [this message]
2001-09-08 17:56 ` cygwin.bat Michael Erdely
2001-09-08 22:44 ` cygwin.bat Alex Malinovich
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2007-11-19 16:17 cygwin.bat 123cu
2007-11-19 16:18 ` cygwin.bat Brian Mathis
2007-11-20 10:51 ` cygwin.bat Carlo Florendo
2003-05-10 3:14 cygwin.bat derek
2003-05-10 3:31 ` cygwin.bat Igor Pechtchanski
2003-05-10 3:53 ` cygwin.bat derek
2003-05-10 4:01 ` cygwin.bat Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
2003-05-10 21:56 ` cygwin.bat Sam Edge
2003-05-11 1:10 ` cygwin.bat Christopher Faylor
2003-05-11 2:18 ` cygwin.bat Sam Edge
2003-05-11 2:18 ` cygwin.bat Christopher Faylor
2003-05-11 3:31 ` cygwin.bat Sam Edge
2003-05-11 3:50 ` cygwin.bat Christopher Faylor
2001-09-08 15:04 cygwin.bat Alex Malinovich
2000-08-10 13:48 cygwin.bat Jonas Jensen
2000-08-10 14:01 ` cygwin.bat DJ Delorie
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