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From: | zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk> |
Subject: | Re: The Beauty of Cygstart |
Date: | Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:44:33 +0000 (UTC) |
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Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote in news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 63 DOT 0603240851170 DOT 16018 AT access1 DOT cims DOT nyu DOT edu: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, zzapper wrote: > >> zzapper <david AT XXXX DOT XX DOT XX> wrote in >> news:Xns979065E51F443zzappergmailcom AT 80 DOT 91 DOT 229 DOT 5: > > Even it if's your own, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. > >> Whoops forget the vital & (launch in own process) >> >> function cs() {cygstart *$1* &} >> function csn() {cygstart "$(/bin/ls -t *.* | head -1)" &} >> function csl() { cygstart.exe *$(history -1 | sed "s/.* //g")* & } > > The "&" isn't needed for cygstart, as it simply tells the shell to > execute the proper association and exits. The only point at which > backgrounding would help is the short time it takes for the shell to > figure out what the association is (nearly instantaneous on my > machine). Drat!! Igor, Its funny how easy it is to "panic" when posting to a newsgroup, i've never NEEDED the & myself, but some reason when I did a quick test the application hung and I jumped to wrong conclusion! Dave -- http://successtheory.com/ 100 FREE Success and Self-Improvement Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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