Re: Is there a difference between "bash --login" and "bash --login -i"

C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i and set "Start in" to be the directory I want to start things in. I never liked having all those extra copies of cmd running just to start bash. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ -- Problem reports: h

Re: How to pass parameters to a windows application

wrote open many many years ago (before I even started using cygwin) and I've just been carrying it around with me. I added cygwin path support when I started using cygwin. I've added an alias to alias open to cygstart (I use gnome-open under Ubuntu). Thanks for the tip.

Re: How to pass parameters to a windows application

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". -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ -- Prob

Re: Problems with mkdir under 1.7

Hi Corinna, On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 31 19:36, Dave Hylands wrote: >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Corinna Vinschen >> wrote: > > > http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR Hmm. I use gmail which doesn't seem to have

Re: Problems with mkdir under 1.7

Hi Corinna, On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 28 11:33, Dave Hylands wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've discovered a problem with mkdir under 1.7.x that worked fine under >> 1.5.x. >> >> I'm using 1.7.5-1 (I updated to the

Problems with mkdir under 1.7

mkdir -p //dfs-name/dfs-share/dir/newdir mkdir: cannot create directory '//dfs-name': No such file or directory This used to work fine under 1.5.x, so I assume it's a new bug. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.