X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47A6452B.7080206@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:50:19 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Running Cygwin in background. References: <15181008.post@talk.nabble.com> <4a89b8680801300509u41f96dbak15282443d78f6740@mail.gmail.com> <15195201.post@talk.nabble.com> <47A11F26.4000703@cygwin.com> <15198503.post@talk.nabble.com> <47A1E712.8080306@cygwin.com> <15251310.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <15251310.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com jrtayloriv wrote: > Thanks Larry, that really cleared up a lot for me. Sorry for the dumb > questions, I'm still learning my way around windows, and some of the > concepts are very foreign to me. I decided to reinstall cygwin, since I > hadn't put any work into that install yet. I had one question regarding your > last message, though. > > You said: > >> No, not at all. I was referring to '/usr/bin/run' which hides the console >> of console apps when run directly from the Windows Explorer, for example. >> 'cygrunsrv' is similar to 'service' under Linux. It allows you to start, >> stop, install, and remove services, among other things. 'ssh-host-config' >> uses it. > > OK then, so cygrunserv would be to run something in a manner similar to the > services that I see in 'msconfig', whereas '/usr/bin/run' would just allow > me to run cygwin applications from the windows "Run" dialog without having > to run the Cygwin Bash shell. Is this correct, or did I miss something? Close. You can run Cygwin apps from the "Run" dialog so long as you have the required Cygwin DLLs in your path. But doing so would open a console for the duration of the app. Using '/usr/bin/run' to run the app would hide that console. Hiding this console can be desirable in the case of X apps, for example. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/