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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 23:30:23 +0200
From: Michael Schaap <cygwin AT mscha DOT org>
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Subject: Re: an ``open'' command which resolves file associations
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On 21-7-2002 22:05, Qiezi . wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  I've been wondering for a long time whether someone had written a 
> program for cygwin to do what NeXT's open(1) program does.  At least 
> in the current incarnation, under OSX, open resolves file-type 
> associations at the command line and opens a file. 

Install the "cygutils" package using setup.exe.  It comes with 
"cygstart", which does this, among others.

 - Michael


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