Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread David Christensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I knew that last one would stir up the pot... :-) David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > > > > 4. Writing technical documentation is not sexy, and is viewed as an > > > > inferior role. This drives people away from the skill. > > > > > > Hey! > > > > I'm with Josh on this one. Writing technical docs is *ubersexy*! Man, just >

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > > 4. Writing technical documentation is not sexy, and is viewed as an > > > inferior role. This drives people away from the skill. > > > > Hey! > > I'm with Josh on this one. Writing technical docs is *ubersexy*! Man, just > thinking about

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> > 4. Writing technical documentation is not sexy, and is viewed as an > > inferior role. This drives people away from the skill. > > Hey! > I'm with Josh on this one. Writing technical docs is *ubersexy*! Man, just thinking about it makes me SO HOT!! ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer.

Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Randall R Schulz
Joshua, Hey!, indeed. David, while what you say may be true, it's just another example of the problem of sadly misplaced values. It's not that far off from the niggardly way teachers are compensated in the U.S. On the other hand, if you know how to manipulate human emotions to get lots of peop

Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
> 4. Writing technical documentation is not sexy, and is viewed as an > inferior role. This drives people away from the skill. Hey! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-03-01 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
on, archives, yada, > yada, yada. > > BTW...I am not bashing the documentors or anything, just sick of seeing the > RTFM response. > > TlD > > -Original Message- > From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 5:46 AM >

Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-02-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:22:21PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: >As for the RTFM'ers -- it is better to help people, than to attack or >bully them. "Do unto others...". As long as we're dishing out advice, I find it is better not to admonish people who are helping you, in whatever capacity, if

Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-02-28 Thread David Christensen
Tom Dager wrote: > does someone knows how to launch a cygwin shell and further commands > from DOS, e.g with a help of a .bat file. > I had a look of cygwin.bat file but I do not know the right syntax to > give the command to the bash shell Some thoughts: 1. Bash can be started either as a login

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-02-28 Thread Randall R Schulz
Tom, In any Open Source project, the primary way to deal with a deficiency is to rectify it. Reasonable project principals will welcome any constructive feedback, but they should not be expected to share the priorities of any particular complainant. If you absolutely positively must have some

RE: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-02-28 Thread Tom Dager
a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, gilles bourgeois wrote: > hello again > does someone knows how to launch a cygwin shell and further commands from > DOS, e.g with a help of a .bat file. > I had a look of cygwin.bat file but I do not know the right syntax

Re: how to run a process from DOS within a cygwin .bat file

2003-02-28 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, gilles bourgeois wrote: > hello again > does someone knows how to launch a cygwin shell and further commands from > DOS, e.g with a help of a .bat file. > I had a look of cygwin.bat file but I do not know the right syntax to give > the command to the bash shell DOS as in "Disk