On 22/04/2010 08:37, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Yu, Lei (Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:27:32 +0800) >> I want to create a windows batch file, which can >> 1. initialize and start multiple Windows -- such as my gtalk and my MSN >> 2. keep the applications running >> 3. let the batch file itself exit without any trace. >> That is a bit difficult to achieve via normal windows batch file, >> since batch does not provide a background running mode [...] > > Sure it does: "start"
Which can be invoked from a cygwin shell (should you still wish to do so) as "cmd /c start" plus whatever commandline and args you wanted to launch. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple