Have you tried using a -- to indicate end of arguments to cygstart:
cygstart -- tail --version
Thanks! No, I hadn't, and that works great.
I still find the usage syntax to be misleading though: Usage: cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]
What are ARGUMENTS if not to be passed to the execution of FILE? (For people relatively new to the nuances of cygwin/Linux (like myself), '--' is a pretty obscure feature.)
Cheers, Rob
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