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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:06:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: gurl (call browser and it an URL)
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Brian Dessent wrote:

> zzapper wrote:
>
> > # c:/progra~1/opera75/opera.exe $url
> > c:/Program\ Files/internet\ explorer/iexplore $url &
> > }
>
> Yuck.  No need to do this, just "cygstart http://www.cygwin.com" or
> "cygstart www.cygwin.com".  This will launch the URL in whatever browser
> the user has configured to handle http://, rather than hardcoding it.
> This is equivalent to Start -> Run.

True, except cygstart won't do unconditional 'www*'->'http://www*'
translation if a file with that name exists (e.g., try "touch
www.cygwin.com && cygstart www.cygwin.com").
	Igor
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