X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=sm8BG5cZN77lcucy /SdySuAvuwmUOyXKm+ARn683hnAmqSoVJz6SMJVapFtDUa05H4pgXiD3Np3x/Wy0 g2gsYybM5meZL57A8pJHUBU88yR8rDsCik+pzXI1E6i9a7ilOzGd9qiQSggYf1PO wgILgzQqW23OeCr/TlzLjhWyWQs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=PPobIJxw/1BIemrqHNGQkN DAimM=; b=GlbVNgE0s3wsjp41fSQ385FqzGlZ4nYgfRCcZ62jFIHB3yBKegStuH 8ZcUsjjs3s9XueAIaWnBHWuPk6MNQvQuHC4KI7mfRvHjSkZY4pXHv/JfZGwDzQd2 SAzn1RK4bknbdzWyvGHBmVdtraNHZ8GbaVOnv1O6KJSCFJTz4WwZM= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=2016-07-04, juan, Juan, Miguel X-HELO: mail-wm0-f47.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=V8DpwrzXOJAaWPohBFLcfMgRZ8exRvyITCAgIUKd9AQ=; b=ONd47yWGVsGLrfFL0s93ew8mvpo5BIxXKalzy0iNFkjFJdxy1HjDfy9nplTr/n4udU N1+K16avmuPSmU2EFV138pUIa5uPuKOTTrRlEziRIMcOqKa0zR5yJBqUyKem9i5COXrK ohTAWDd9uRnuEXXUfsAuFALvYlg02dwLumOHiBLOKBg0DoWzQhzpqLK4MMY5297NFhjO llhEqdVrPArtwHJindkuxOQ8c034eXj/kPjKZXutkyoW5y+y62AZcvnqoT5Xen/RiT33 18JdlwLHyPsQn1QgM3h7Zzr+Uxvo9WervUqoOFGslMg93Fl4cOV17+87X3LZEanw3OPJ On5A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLOBsxeZQtvtGffEd1kYMtZfF/l6UGnG6K3o5XENNbDgQMo/Wa+M+rPHb4q4O7nFQ== X-Received: by 10.28.57.212 with SMTP id g203mr8223217wma.7.1467594639716; Sun, 03 Jul 2016 18:10:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: cygstart.exe can't open file:///C:/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Miguel_Navarro_Mart=c3=adnez?= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 03:10:38 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Even if it's similar to Windows command-line, you are still in a POSIX system, and Cygwin use /cygdrive/ for all the drive letters. So for file:///C:/ you should use file:///cygdrive/c/ On 2016-07-04 at 01:51, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: > cygstart‘s manpage says it’s similar to the Windows command-line start command. > It is indeed able to open http://example.com in the default browser. > However, cygstart file:///C:/ results in an error message: > Unable to start 'C:\cygwin\c\': The specified file was not found. > The Windows start command opens file:///C:/ links in the default > browser without a hitch. > > -- > 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 > -- Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez GPG Keyfingerprint: 5A91 90D4 CF27 9D52 D62A BC58 88E2 947F 9BC6 B3CF -- 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