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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:29:54 -0400
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Delete a file and start a Windows application
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In-Reply-To: <39639920.56313F53@math.mun.ca>; from ypeng@math.mun.ca on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:52:56PM -0230

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:52:56PM -0230, Paul Y. Peng wrote:
>1. How can I delete a file in such a way that it is actually moved
>into recycle bin and can be restored later, say, by using Windows
>Explorer?

Cygwin doesn't do this.  Cygwin is a UNIX emulation.  It doesn't know
about recycle bins.

>2. Why can't I get bash command line prompt back when certain Windows
>applications are launched from bash command line?

Because that is the way things work under UNIX.

cgf

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