Re: "start" for Cygwin

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

I think there was a start.exe in Win9x/Me (i.e. it was not a command.com
builtin), but my Win9x days are mercifully over, so I can't say for sure.

Nevertheless, a cygutils start could be a useful scripting tool.

> Ah -- and that explains why one previously had to do "cmd /c start foo"
> from a bash shell.  Okay, according to my tests (I put a 'start' shell
> script in my /usr/bin directory.)  From bash, 'start foo' causes my
> script to run.  From cmd, 'start foo' causes the builtin cmd command to
> run (even tho D:/cygwin/bin is in the front of my PATH).
>
> This is good -- I withdraw my objection (such as it was).
>
> Anybody else think this is a good cygutil?  I think it *probably* is...
>
> --Chuck
>
>
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > Start is a cmd builtin - there is no start.exe
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ece.gatech.edu]
> >>
> > Anyway, I personally have no objection to including start in cygutils --
> >
> > but the sudden appearance of a 'start.exe' command in /usr/bin (which
> > could hide WINNT/start.exe) may cause consternation in some quarters.
> >
> > FYI, I've just completed the following HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE (to cygutils)
> > document.  It will show up in /usr/doc/cygutils-X.Y.Z/ in the next
> > release of cygutils.
> >
> > --Chuck
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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