On 2 August 2010 07:49, Dave Hylands wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote: >> I am at my wits end trying to figure out how to execute this in bash >> >> C:\WINDOWS>cmd /c "start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\All >> Users\Desktop\projects\crisfield\trunk\etc"" > > Based on your prompt, I'd say that you're not in bash. > > cmd /c start "c:\Documents and Settings\" > > works for me. From the cmd prompt, > > cmd /c "start "c:\Documents and Settings"" > > works. I wrote a little program called open, > http://www.davehylands.com/Software/Open/ > > which opens files the same way as double clicking on them. It also > translates cygwin paths into Win32 paths if you build the cygwin > version. > If passed a directory name, it does the same as choosing "Explore".
You should both have a look at 'cygstart'. Andy -- 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
