Andy Koppe <andy.ko...@gmail.com> writes: > 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'.
Good that I'm typing so slow. I was about to explain a procedure of mine which almost does what Jason Pyeron wants, approximately working in almost every case, containing lots of quote-escaping tricks (and starting with "`cygpath -u $COMSPEC`" instead of the plain cmd, just in case)... and making a total fool of myself, given that cygstart does it all in one sweep. Thanks for the nudge, Andy! -- Cheers, haj -- 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
