> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Fred Kulack > Sent: 06 October 2004 17:29
> From your command prompt, use: > > google cygwin acronym list > > If that doesn't work, setup this function: > > typeset -f google > google () > { > url="http://www.google.com"; > separator="/search?q="; > for i in $@; > do > url="${url}${separator}${i}"; > separator="+"; > done; > echo "Starting: $url"; > ~/bin/firefox "$url" & > } Nice one! Can I just suggest one little change: ====================================== echo "Starting: $url"; - ~/bin/firefox "$url" & + cygstart "$url" & } which should be more generic across different browsers etc. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/