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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:38:01 +0100
From: Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Launching CMD.EXE windows from cygwin bash
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Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Dave Korn:
>>> Problem: I want to be able to launch a CMD.EXE window starting in a particular
>>> directory from my cygwin bash window.
>>  Just type "start" and press return.
> I get "bash: start: command not found." in 1.7.

  Doh, I'm a complete idiot.  "start" is a cmd.exe builtin, of course it won't
work from bash.  I've had this definition in my bashrc for so long I forgot
about it!

$ alias start
alias start='cmd /c start '

    cheers,
      DaveK


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