I think there was a start.exe in Win9x/Me (i.e. it was not a command.com builtin), but my Win9x days are mercifully over, so I can't say for sure.
Nevertheless, a cygutils start could be a useful scripting tool. > Ah -- and that explains why one previously had to do "cmd /c start foo" > from a bash shell. Okay, according to my tests (I put a 'start' shell > script in my /usr/bin directory.) From bash, 'start foo' causes my > script to run. From cmd, 'start foo' causes the builtin cmd command to > run (even tho D:/cygwin/bin is in the front of my PATH). > > This is good -- I withdraw my objection (such as it was). > > Anybody else think this is a good cygutil? I think it *probably* is... > > --Chuck > > > Robert Collins wrote: > > > Start is a cmd builtin - there is no start.exe > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Charles Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> > > Anyway, I personally have no objection to including start in cygutils -- > > > > but the sudden appearance of a 'start.exe' command in /usr/bin (which > > could hide WINNT/start.exe) may cause consternation in some quarters. > > > > FYI, I've just completed the following HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE (to cygutils) > > document. It will show up in /usr/doc/cygutils-X.Y.Z/ in the next > > release of cygutils. > > > > --Chuck > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/
