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From:	"John Emmas" <johne53 AT tiscali DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:20 -0000
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Is it possible to run a Cygwin GUI app (i.e. requiring 'X') from a DOS
terminal, as opposed to a bash terminal?  After starting the X server
I tried  "cygstart path/to/my/program" but nothing happened.  The app
runs fine if I start it from a bash terminal.

John


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