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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:41:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Run command in new window
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:54:14, Dave Caswell wrote:
> $ cygstart -v bash -c \'echo 1\;read \'
> ShellExecute(NULL, "(null)", "bash", "-c 'echo 1;read '", "(null)", 1)
> By escaping the quotes and semicolon so they get passed along intact,
> the executed bash also gets an intact command string.

this is interesting, but it doesnt explain (or im not understanding) why it will
accept a quoted string and not an escaped one. in a normal setting, these
commands are identical:

    $ bash -c 'echo; read'
    + bash -c 'echo; read'

    $ bash -c echo\;\ read
    + bash -c 'echo; read'

but with cygstart this command works:

    cygstart bash -c '"echo; read"'

and this does not:

    cygstart bash -c 'echo\;\ read'


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