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* Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] (Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:10:17 -0500) > > Thorsten Kampe wrote on Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:37 AM: > > * Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:03:48 -0500)> > >> Thorsten Kampe wrote on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:40 AM: > >>> you have to use "start". > >> > >> Or "cygstart.exe"? > > > > Right. Although there is no real advantage to use that instead of > > start. > > On XP there is no start.exe. (98se ) So you have to use > cmd /c start > > The main advantage of cygstart is that it understands POSIX paths. > > I seem to remember that sometimes quoting can be simpler with cygstart > than with `cmd /c start'. We were talking about launching applications from a batch script. In regard to batch files I have to say that your considerations - which are absolutely correct - are not relevant. Thorsten -- 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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