From: Andrey Repin
> %ProgramData% and %PUBLIC% is a likely culprit.
Thanx, but those didn't actually matter. The one causing the problem was
ProgramW6432. Once I restored it, I could open web pages using cygstart.
--Ken Nellis
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FAQ:
On 2016-12-22 07:25, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> Mystery solved (to my satisfaction). After writing, I realized that
> the script wasn't working consistently, sometimes causing IE to
> misbehave as I originally posted. A bit of digging showed that it was
> working if invoked from a bash session initia
Greetings, Nellis, Kenneth!
> Mystery solved (to my satisfaction). After writing, I realized that the
> script wasn't working consistently, sometimes causing IE to misbehave as
> I originally posted. A bit of digging showed that it was working if
> invoked from a bash session initiated by "chere
From: cyg Simple (https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-12/msg00240.html)
>
> FYI you can also use vi to translate those line endings
>
> $ vi foo
> :set ff=unix
> :wq
>
> or going the other direction,
>
> $ vi foo
> :set ff=dos
> :wq
Actually, the file downloaded just fine without CRLF line endin
On 12/22/2016 8:43 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> Also curious why others weren't having
> this problem.
>
I suspect that it is your minimized PATH. I'm not using that
minimization because I need the Windows PATH to be productive. I only
install a minimal set of Cygwin and use Windows native when
On 12/21/2016 8:04 PM, Doug Henderson wrote:
> On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>
> Before using, strip CRs (just in case) using d2u (or dos2unix),
>
FYI you can also use vi to translate those line endings
$ vi foo
:set ff=unix
:wq
or going the other direction,
$ vi foo
:
> From: Doug Henderson
> On 21 December 2016 at 18:04, Doug Henderson wrote:
> > On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>
> > Attached is a bash script, renamed as openurl.sh.txt, which will open
> > a url with either the default browser or Internet Explorer. It takes
>
> Last minu
On 21 December 2016 at 18:04, Doug Henderson wrote:
> On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> Attached is a bash script, renamed as openurl.sh.txt, which will open
> a url with either the default browser or Internet Explorer. It takes
Last minute fix: before using the script, edit
On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>
> From: Nellis, Kenneth
> > I suspect the issue is that some required DLLs are not in
> > my PATH. Indeed, my Cygwin PATH is a pruned version of my
> > Windows PATH.
>
> Actually, that's not the case and is irrelevant as Lee demon-
> strates in
From: Nellis, Kenneth
> I suspect the issue is that some required DLLs are not in
> my PATH. Indeed, my Cygwin PATH is a pruned version of my
> Windows PATH.
Actually, that's not the case and is irrelevant as Lee demon-
strates in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-12/msg00220.html.
Comparing the
On 12/21/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> Thanx to all who responded to my query...
>
>> On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>> > How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the
>> > mintty/bash command line?
>
> I've tried all the suggestions and the same thing happens:
> IE flashes on
Nellis, Kenneth sent the following at Wednesday, December 21, 2016 9:11 AM
>Thanx to all who responded to my query...
>> On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>> > How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the
>> > mintty/bash command line?
>
>I've tried all the suggestions and the s
Thanx to all who responded to my query...
> On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the
> > mintty/bash command line?
I've tried all the suggestions and the same thing happens:
IE flashes on the screen and immediately disappears.
Indeed,
On 2016-12-20 09:15, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the
> mintty/bash command line?
> I've tried the following:
> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
> $ cygstart index.html # local page
> $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.e
On 12/20/16, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 12/20/2016 5:38 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Lee!
>>
How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the
mintty/bash
command line?
I've tried the following:
$ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
$ cygstart
On 12/20/2016 5:38 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
Greetings, Lee!
How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
command line?
I've tried the following:
$ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
$ cygstart index.html # local page
$ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/i
Greetings, Lee!
>> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
>> command line?
>>
>> I've tried the following:
>>
>> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
>> $ cygstart index.html # local page
>> $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
>> $ cygsta
On 12/20/2016 12:20 PM, Lee wrote:
> On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
>> command line?
>>
>> I've tried the following:
>>
>> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
>> $ cygstart index.html # local page
>> $ "/cygdrive/c/P
On 12/20/16, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
> command line?
>
> I've tried the following:
>
> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
> $ cygstart index.html # local page
> $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
command line?
I've tried the following:
$ cygstart "http://www.google.com";
$ cygstart index.html # local page
$ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
$ cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Ex
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