Re: Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

2011-09-08 Thread Christian Franke
Vincent Rivière wrote: Christian Franke wrote: Cygstart is not needed in this case. Explorer can be launched directly. This works from cmd.exe and from any cygwin shell: explorer . You are right, this is equivalent in this specific case. But cygstart can also open Cygwin-style directories, ex

RE: Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

2011-09-08 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Vincent Rivière sent the following at Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:13 PM >Christian Franke wrote: >>> Cygstart is not needed in this case. Explorer can be launched directly. >> This works from cmd.exe and from any cygwin shell: >> >> explorer . > >You are right, this is equivalent in this specifi

Re: Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

2011-09-08 Thread Vincent Rivière
Christian Franke wrote: Cygstart is not needed in this case. Explorer can be launched directly. This works from cmd.exe and from any cygwin shell: explorer . You are right, this is equivalent in this specific case. But cygstart can also open Cygwin-style directories, explorer can't: cygstart

Re: Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

2011-09-08 Thread Christian Franke
Vincent Rivière wrote: Did you know ? You can open the Windows Explorer from the Cygwin bash prompt simply by typing: cygstart . The Explorer shows the contents of the current bash directory. That's very handy, I have been using that tip for years. Cygstart is not needed in this case. Ex

Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

2011-09-08 Thread Vincent Rivière
Did you know ? You can open the Windows Explorer from the Cygwin bash prompt simply by typing: cygstart . The Explorer shows the contents of the current bash directory. That's very handy, I have been using that tip for years. -- Vincent Rivière -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/pro