Gansta93 wrote: > Hello, > > I am new user of Cygwin and a beginer on Linux. > I have downloaded all Cygwin packages today. The problem is when I > type exec And the executable name and parameters I want to pass to > it, the consol window close and I can't see the result of my command. > Why can't I type dirrectly the name of the executable? Else what can > I do for stop closing the consol when using exec? I am on Windows 98. > What can I do? > And two suggestions: an uninstaller would be good and a confirmation > after clicking on cancel button would be better than closing directly > the installation window. > Excuse me for my English, I am french. > > Best regards, > > Patrick > In W$ and DOS you have "." as default PATH, in unix/linux you have to add "." to the PATH or exec the program as
./program arguments exec replace the current process w/new one and works as you experiment if the console is replaced. -- 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/