> Sent: 19 April 2004 17:35 From: Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) > For me (XP Pro) from cmd.exe, both notepad and write detach but from > command.com only write detaches, notepad does not. > ..snip.. > Yep, it certainly seems that some windows gui apps have the > behaviour of > detaching from the console, while others remain attached and > so don't return > control to the shell until they're finished. I noticed this > in particular > when editing text files at an interactive bash prompt: if I > use notepad.exe, > my shell is locked up until I exit, whereas if I use > write.exe (wordpad), it > detaches and the shell prompt returns immediately. > > I also note as a data point that when run from a cmd.exe shell, both > notepad and wordpad detach. I can only guess that wordpad has some > functionality that notepad doesn't to detach itself, and that > the cmd.exe > shell also has functionality that detects gui-based programs > and detaches > them on launch (regardless of whether they're capable of detaching > themselves).
If you put 'start /separate notepad' into a .cmd then run this from bash it will give a detached notepad. My wordpad doesn't detach from bash (shrugs) but I would expect a cmd containing 'start /wait wordpad' run from bash not to detach if it did - er, if you see what I mean. Bill -- This e-mail transmission is strictly confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please reply to the sender as soon as possible and delete the message. Please note that we are able to, and reserve the right to, monitor e-mail communications passing through our network. The views expressed in this email are not that of the company unless specified within the message. The inclusion of this footnote indicates that the mail message and any attachments have been checked for the presence of known viruses. If you have any comments regarding our policy please direct them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
