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From: Robert Schmidt <rschm AT broadpark DOT no>
Subject: cygutils cygstart eats program arguments
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:50:05 +0200
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Hi!

I'd like to use cygstart to launch a couple of log windows to monitor 
server activity, much like the Windows START command.  However, cygstart 
eats *all* the arguments, not only the ones before the executable.  Is 
there something I've missed?

The usage suggests otherwise:
Usage: cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]

Sample session:

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail -f /var/log/fetchmail.log
Unable to start 'tail': There is no application associated with the 
given file name extension.

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail
[opens a new window waiting for stdin (as it should).]

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail --version
[displays cygstart's version, not tail's]
cygstart version 1.0, by Michael Schaap

Let Windows start a program or open a file or URL.

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart "tail --version"
Unable to start 'tail --version': The specified file was not found.


Cheers,
Rob


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