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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: Win 2000 : Open Files With Word & Excel From The Command Line
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 11:10:21 +0100
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* Steve (03-02-15 04:55 +0100)
> I put script files called "word" and "excel" in my /usr/local/bin. These
> files have the path to the ms word and ms excel executables.
> 
> They work, they bring up the apps, but I can't get the apps to take
> command line arguments to open remote files.
> 
> For example:
> 
> cygwin> word c:/docs/memos/parking/myfile.doc

cygstart /cygdrive/c/docs/memos/parking/myfile.doc

Thorsten
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