Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-ID: <003101c1c2de$609a7cb0$dda8883e@wdg.uk.ibm.com>
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA76008AAF9 AT itdomain003 DOT itdomain DOT net DOT au> <3C81BFA9 DOT 2020606 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Subject: Re: "start" for Cygwin
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:08:10 -0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

I think there was a start.exe in Win9x/Me (i.e. it was not a command.com
builtin), but my Win9x days are mercifully over, so I can't say for sure.

Nevertheless, a cygutils start could be a useful scripting tool.

> Ah -- and that explains why one previously had to do "cmd /c start foo"
> from a bash shell.  Okay, according to my tests (I put a 'start' shell
> script in my /usr/bin directory.)  From bash, 'start foo' causes my
> script to run.  From cmd, 'start foo' causes the builtin cmd command to
> run (even tho D:/cygwin/bin is in the front of my PATH).
>
> This is good -- I withdraw my objection (such as it was).
>
> Anybody else think this is a good cygutil?  I think it *probably* is...
>
> --Chuck
>
>
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > Start is a cmd builtin - there is no start.exe
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu]
> >>
> > Anyway, I personally have no objection to including start in cygutils --
> >
> > but the sudden appearance of a 'start.exe' command in /usr/bin (which
> > could hide WINNT/start.exe) may cause consternation in some quarters.
> >
> > FYI, I've just completed the following HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE (to cygutils)
> > document.  It will show up in /usr/doc/cygutils-X.Y.Z/ in the next
> > release of cygutils.
> >
> > --Chuck
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
> Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
>
>


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/