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RE: Mailing list redirection etiquette?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Fred Kulack
> Sent: 06 October 2004 17:29

> From your command prompt, use:
> > google cygwin acronym list
> 
> If that doesn't work, setup this function:
> > typeset -f google
> google ()
> {
>     url="http://www.google.com";;
>     separator="/search?q=";
>     for i in $@;
>     do
>         url="${url}${separator}${i}";
>         separator="+";
>     done;
>     echo "Starting: $url";
>     ~/bin/firefox "$url" &
> }

  Nice one!  Can I just suggest one little change:

======================================
    echo "Starting: $url";
-    ~/bin/firefox "$url" &
+    cygstart "$url" &
}

which should be more generic across different browsers etc.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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