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From:	Robert Schmidt <rschm AT broadpark DOT no>
Subject:	Re: cygutils cygstart eats program arguments
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:55:30 +0200
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Mark Paulus wrote:
> Have you tried using a -- to indicate end of arguments
> to cygstart:
> 
> cygstart -- tail --version
> 

Thanks!  No, I hadn't, and that works great.

I still find the usage syntax to be misleading though:
Usage: cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]

What are ARGUMENTS if not to be passed to the execution of FILE?  (For 
people relatively new to the nuances of cygwin/Linux (like myself), '--' 
is a pretty obscure feature.)


Cheers,
Rob


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