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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron AT pdinc DOT us>
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Subject: Re: ssh -nN or console less cygwin apps?
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Jason Pyeron wrote:

> ssh domain.com -L 5901:localhost:5900 -nN
>
> man ssh reports
>
>  -N      Do not execute a remote command.
>  -n      Redirects stdin from /dev/null
>
> but I will still get a console window open, but what if you dont want it?
> (also with xemacs)
>
> how can a cygwin app be run without a console window opening?

c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe ssh domain.com -L 5901:localhost:5900 -nN

or

c:\cygwin\bin\setsid.exe ssh domain.com -L 5901:localhost:5900 -nN

should both work.
HTH,
	Igor
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