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Subject: how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?
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Got a program that starts under cygstart, but I'd
like to be able to start it without starting up the program
in a new window..so was trying cmd /c.

I compared env's and noted both PATH and TMP had been
converted back to the backslash using case, so I
did that manually:

if ((usecmd)); then
    export TMP=$(cygpath -w $TMP)
    my newpath=""
    my sep=""
    readarray -t pathar < <(echo -E "$PATH"|tr ":" "\n")
    for p in "${pathar[@]}"; do
        n=$(cygpath -w "$p")
        newpath="$newpath$sep$n"
        #echo -E "newpath=$newpath"
        sep=";"
    done
    export Path=$newpath
fi

But no luck in launching (cygstart case works):

cd "$ldir" && {
    if ((usecmd)); then
        'c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' /c "$lpath" "${args[@]}"
    else
        cygstart "$lpath" "${args[@]}"
    fi
}


So what else does cygstart do that I might setup
before a "cmd /c"
to get the target to run?

Or anyway to have cygstart run the command with its output in the
current window?

Thanks!
Linda


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