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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:58:06 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [APPS] ping python maintainer (and others) - Launching cygwin apps from cmd.exe vs. softlinks in /bin
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:48:13PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>LOL, I don't really think it's within my abilities to come up with a
>patch for spawn.cc that modifies the behaviour of cmd.exe.......

Don't give up so easily! While you're at it, you could also get rid of
that silly "ptys are pipes" thing that is annoying all of the cygwin rxvt
users.

cgf

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