From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 114832 invoked by alias); 20 Dec 2016 17:20:35 -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 114783 invoked by uid 89); 20 Dec 2016 17:20:34 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=flashes, iexploreexe, cygstart, wwwgooglecom X-HELO: mail-it0-f45.google.com Received: from mail-it0-f45.google.com (HELO mail-it0-f45.google.com) (209.85.214.45) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:20:32 +0000 Received: by mail-it0-f45.google.com with SMTP id x2so29351275itf.1 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:20:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=yx7Plcf6dpxtwkc+Twb72akgKzdUj6pkhQfrnbYgef4=; b=TFCtRji0nWcEMc9pVs3j50eYVkSOPkD2oY/jQkYX7eTB7/WEXOWAQCK8/9wxkMaIRD GuyRmlzv8soJB08v5r5LwR50VL1YaUO6NhA6uhNLlZHcsMlwCG3tVaJtCu/mNkU+sL8D oF0UtV7iiZVsKxC7ll5qSdOG9WelszqK1xKbvv7zAD/0NgmhSSpubKBWIpfzyhsuItbP WXeDkxktCUj8mCaJlAv/dN8Xe5csUJLWzps9x2vzBcIdokf4hiRJKHuOmK7tB9PsFbiv 3c48IA84t/izKxhjtUjzt7g68tNz2IaBcBKSrxYJYS/m9VCzGjJvsmkoYiySHdHi0d9e zJAw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKgO7swqPwtehiWJ1r5LX1xxM5sH0S+GghmEnQSLIVl9qIOOqxGfA3+8kYOCGdjcaJSH2gychII1Wdq5A== X-Received: by 10.36.205.132 with SMTP id l126mr1231021itg.64.1482254431050; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:20:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.152.204 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:20:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BBD5906@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> References: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BBD5906@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> From: Lee Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:20:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: open IE from command line To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-12/txt/msg00201.txt.bz2 On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash > command line? > > I've tried the following: > > $ cygstart "http://www.google.com" > $ cygstart index.html # local page > $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" > $ cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" > > If IE is already open, the first two examples work, but otherwise, > for all 4, IE flashes a window, which immediately closes. how about cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "www.google.com" -- 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