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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:08:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Alexander Gottwald <alexander DOT gottwald AT s1999 DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background [solution/patch]
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Alexander Gottwald wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:
>
> > You might make more traction by suitably patching the 'run' utility so
> > that it also supports pipes.  Then you could use 'run' to launch the
> > standard /bin/ssh without the console window.
>
> done.
> check http://www.freedesktop.org/~ago/run.exe
> It is based on the version from X-startup-scripts-1.0.10-4 with the following
> change to run/run.c
>
> <   start.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
> >   start.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW | STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
>     start.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
> >   start.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
> >   start.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
> >   start.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
>
> [ITP] I think I'll split run.exe from the X-startup-scripts package and
> create a new one which i'll continue to maintain.

FINALLY!  It's been on my TODO list for *ages*.  Thank you!

Incidentally, I have a few patches to run.exe.  Where should I send them?
	Igor
P.S. Why is this ITP going to the main list?  Shouldn't it be on
cygwin-apps?
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