Re: "start" for Cygwin

[Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>]

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
> 
> 
> 



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