From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 64812 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2018 13:15:44 -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 64563 invoked by uid 89); 21 Dec 2018 13:15:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=ver, canada, Canada, H*R:D*ca X-HELO: smtp-out-so.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-so.shaw.ca) (64.59.136.137) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:15:16 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id aKdygaWX682YcaKdzgl5hj; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:15:11 -0700 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'? To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <5C1C973B.7050509@tlinx.org> From: Brian Inglis Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <42f063c4-2884-f118-4744-259cd229e77f@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:12:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5C1C973B.7050509@tlinx.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-12/txt/msg00194.txt.bz2 On 2018-12-21 00:33, L A Walsh wrote: > Got a program that starts under cygstart, but I'd like to be able to start it > without starting up the program in a new window..so was trying cmd /c. See: https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips#inputoutput-interaction-with-alien-programs > I compared env's and noted both PATH and TMP had been converted back to the > backslash using case, so I did that manually: > But no luck in launching (cygstart case works): > cd "$ldir" && { >    if ((usecmd)); then >        'c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' /c "$lpath" "${args[@]}" >    else >        cygstart "$lpath" "${args[@]}" >    fi > } > So what else does cygstart do that I might setup before a "cmd /c" to get the > target to run? START - Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command > Or anyway to have cygstart run the command with its output in the current > window? If it's a console cmd it should run under a term without any problems: $ cmd /c ver Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.471] or you may need to use https://github.com/rprichard/winpty - allows running Windows console programs under mintty or Cygwin's sshd with properly-functioning input and output by starting winpty-agent with a hidden console window, which bridges between the console API and terminal input/output escape codes, polls the hidden console's screen buffer for changes and generates a corresponding stream of output. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- 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