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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:05:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Hoffman <grouse AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
To: anoop AT alumni DOT duke DOT edu
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: using aliases for cygwin commands on win2k
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Anoop Ghanwani wrote:

> --- Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> wrote:
...
> > Run bash/tcsh/ksh. Do not run cmd.exe.
...
> If I do that, I lose the ability to start applications
> automatically by simply typing the file name.  For example, 
> if I have a file try.doc, and I type try.doc at the Windows 
> 2000 command prompt, it brings up Word with that document.

Put the following two lines into /usr/local/bin/start:
#!/bin/sh
cmd /c start `cygpath -w $*`

Then, chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/start

Now you can do this:

$ start try.doc

Or my personal favorite:

$ start . [opens the current directory in an explorer window]

Voila.
--
Michael Hoffman <grouse AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
The University of Texas at Austin




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