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Subject: RE: setting windows environment variables
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:00:26 +0200
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...to set environmental variables for windows you can use regtool...
But in that case they get persistent...

...and the simplest equivalent to start is using & to background the command...

  matthias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Larry Hall
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:38 PM
> To: Jason Joines; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: setting windows environment variables
> 
> 
> At 04:18 PM 7/20/2004, you wrote:
> >    I have a Cygwin BASH script which takes user input, uses 
> ldapsearch, etc., to set a bunch of environment variables.  I 
> can then use these from bash with no problem.  I would also 
> like to make these environment variables available to the 
> windows command interpreter.
> >    Is there anyway to do this?
> 
> 
> Only if the windows command interpreter is a child of the 
> bash process you
> run from.  Otherwise, your best bet is to export the variables as some
> batch file and run that in the windows command interpreter.
> 
> 
> >    Also, is there a BASH equivalent of the windows cmd 
> start command that lets you start many processes without 
> having to wait on each to finish?
> 
> 
> How about 'cygstart'?
> 
> 
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