X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=adimyR5myQYz3UB/fwHmsMupGvjIJ 4GZRP83p1vyeW71E80KSQcgA5JHGG/HEQMpRbv4K6nh5CH5teSRS/scisic+xElh msWhRhLXVcLmj6PhTU+ayWLMMCADubH+G/ikzc/aPRu74DqCu20Dueepw8+GB7k2 LQKgJC9uN/lcqE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; s=default; bh=FwL8h0i6eQOaobrh7gQNcVDAH0A=; b=h3g 2lXCvAxjGt8XTAWAdV7IFE0OSogKDjC6O05CpadC5qWqgOUB2lPQCxGSSTFuMwc3 hhkWEa48YJ1J7gkWB9tD0cadY+mFyJiwtXbXoh6NSZ+GtnvSRJ6Nrt02S3x/Rsu/ Jm+JvPGSO8k6lK4U0DiK1paSWT7ryw7HW1clr+bA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ie0-f171.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.120.6 with SMTP id ky6mr13097706igb.58.1383597346686; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:35:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 12:35:46 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Executing Windows commands from Cygwin with or without cmd: what are the pros and cons? From: Kenneth Wolcott To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Hi; Where can I find information regarding the pros and cons of using or not using the cmd command to execute Windows commands from Cygwin? Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- 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