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Re: 'cmd /C start cmd' no longer non-blocking (base-cygwin 3.1-1), but used to work (in base-cygwin 3.0-1)
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at freemail dot ru>
- To: Petrisor Eddy-Marian-B36037 <B36037 at freescale dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 15:31:06 +0400
- 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)
- References: <4C337258C4FF8145842DBA13279005D882F882@039-SN1MPN1-001.039d.mgd.msft.net>
- Reply-to: Andrey Repin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Greetings, Petrisor Eddy-Marian-B36037!
> I am using at work cygwin on various machines (XP and Windows 7) and made
> several scripts that use gnu utilities from cygwin. One of those is a script
> that starts in paralel instances of cmd various parts of a build system
> through a sh script that invokes 'cmd /C start ...'
Why? Aren't your default ComSpec isn't CMD already?
> to start those parts of the build system in a non-blocking fashion.
If it's (b?a|tc)?sh script - use backgrounding (The &)
If it's a CMD script - use backgrounding (START "" /B "command" args)
Problem solved.
> Recently, on one of the machines which had its cygwin installation upgraded,
> I have observed that the cmd instances do not start in a non-blocking
> fashion anymore, but instead wait for the process to finish.
> To be more precise, following the following steps should lead to two
> interactive windows, one with the sh prompt and one with the cmd prompt,
> both waiting for user input:
> 1 - start a cygwin (or sh) command window
> 2 - type "cmd /C start cmd"
> Expected result:
> Two interactive and usable windows, one with the sh prompt, one with the cmd
> prompt, both waiting for user input.
For new interactive windows from withing Cygwin shell - use run program. And
again, backgrounding, if necessary.
> Actual result:
> Two windows, one with sh and one with cmd, Cygwin/sh window blocked and waiting for the cmd window to finish.
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 05.05.2012, <15:27>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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