X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A44B319.40909@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:38:01 +0100 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Launching CMD.EXE windows from cygwin bash References: <4A443035.3000904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Mark J. Reed wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Dave Korn: >>> Problem: I want to be able to launch a CMD.EXE window starting in a particular >>> directory from my cygwin bash window. >> Just type "start" and press return. > I get "bash: start: command not found." in 1.7. Doh, I'm a complete idiot. "start" is a cmd.exe builtin, of course it won't work from bash. I've had this definition in my bashrc for so long I forgot about it! $ alias start alias start='cmd /c start ' cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple