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Subject: RE: Unable to install pdftk
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:29:01 -0000
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On 12 February 2008 09:02, Santhosh Kumar Yedidi wrote:

> Can I execute windows executable files using cygwin. Like typing notepad.exe
> 
> Can I use windows applications as the comands in cygwin

  Yep, works fine.  E.g. as long as you don't use a path (notepad wouldn't
understand it), "notepad file.txt" works fine to edit file.txt in the current
dir.

  Note that you'll have to remember and use d2u on any script files you edit
with notepad or wordpad etc.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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