X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 12:42:05 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1978689445.20120510124205@mtu-net.ru> To: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 'cmd /C start cmd' no longer non-blocking (base-cygwin 3.1-1), but used to work (in base-cygwin 3.0-1) In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C27@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <4C337258C4FF8145842DBA13279005D882F882 AT 039-SN1MPN1-001 DOT 039d DOT mgd DOT msft DOT net> <759745567 DOT 20120505153106 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C27 AT NIHMLBX02 DOT nih DOT gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Greetings, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]! > Question #1: > Why not use cygstart? > The only reason I ever use cmd /c start is to use the /wait option of start, > which is exactly not what you want. (Indeed, I wouldn't mind it if a --wait > option was added to cygstart. Hint. Hint.) > Question #1.1: > Are you using the /wait option of cmd /c start? > Question #2: > Is there a reason that cygstart wasn't suggested earlier? > (That's not intended as a criticism. I just want to know why in case there > was one.) For non-interactive process it's an overkill, IMO. run.exe has sufficient amount of features. But, I think, it's more a problem of expected behavior vs. choice of tools. The behavior expected was achievable, but not using the chosen tools. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 10.05.2012, <12:39> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple