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From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de>
To: "'klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de'" <klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de>, Joerg DOT Schaible AT gft DOT com,
        cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: RE: Ultimative way to start Windows NT/2000 programs from bash
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:57:12 +0100
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Hi Klaus,

what about using $COMSPEC wrapped in cygpath
instead of hardcoding cmd to allow 9x again?
(Not that I'd like to use anything than NT 8-)

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de [SMTP:klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de]
> Sent:	Monday, November 13, 2000 15:08
> To:	Joerg DOT Schaible AT gft DOT com; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject:	AW: Ultimative way to start Windows NT/2000 programs
> from bash
> 
> > My be you should remove now 95 and 98 from the subject <g>. 
> 
> Has been done.
> 
> > What about other
> > executables or script files identified by PATHEXT ?
> 
> Yes, good point! here is the next iteration (the last one i hope :-)
> 
> # open any file in the correct program: an associated file-type (see
> assoc
> # and ftype at Windows NT/2000) will be opened with the associated
> program.
> # Not associated filetypes and files which extension is contained in
> # $PATHEXT will be opened in the texteditor (here Emacs). Files with
> # extension .exe and .com will not be opened!
> 
> function open-file-with-w32 () {
>     for i in $*; do
>         if [ -f "$i" ]; then
>             # get the extension only
>             erg=`echo $i | sed -e 's|.*\.||g;'`
>             # check if we try to open a program
>             if [ "$erg" != "exe" ] &&
>                [ "$erg" != "EXE" ] &&
>                [ "$erg" != "com" ] &&
>                [ "$erg" != "COM" ]; then
>                 # check if we try to open a file with a extension from
> $PATHEXT
>                 is_path_ext=`echo "$PATHEXT"\; | grep -i "\.$erg;"`
>                 if [ "$is_path_ext" == "" ]; then
>                     # check if this extension is associated with a
> w32-program
>                     erg=`cmd /x /c assoc ".$erg" 2>/dev/null`
>                     if [ "$erg" != "" ]; then
>                         # an associtiation exists therefore this call
> should
>                         # theoretically not produce amn error.
>                         cmd /x /c start /b `cygpath -w "$i"`
> 2>/dev/null
>                     else
>                         # we must open the file with a text editor
> because
>                         # it is not associated.
>                         emacs `cygpath -w "$i"`
>                     fi
>                 else
>                     # files with a extension contained in $PATHEXT
> will be
>                     # opened with the text editor.
>                     emacs `cygpath -w "$i"`            
>                 fi
>             else
>                 echo "$i is a program!"
>             fi
>         fi
>     done
>     unset erg is_path_ext; }
> alias o=open-file-with-w32
> 
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