Bill - I've used winexec a lot but recently researched different ways to start an external command and concluded that the options offered by "task.ijs" (~system\packages\misc\task.ijs) are the best way to go.
Devon On 3/18/06, John Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, I was temporarily confused by forward and backward slashes. > Command completion does work. > > c:/j601/j --- OK > c:\j601\j --- Not OK, and what I typed > "c:\j601\j" -- OK, and what I usually use for Windows filenames. > > Best wishes, > > John > > Miller, Raul D wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I can successfully replicate Raul's experiment, except that from the > >> cygwin prompt, I need to say > >> /cygdrive/c/j601/j > >> to invoke J. > > > > Really? > > > > What version of cygwin are you using, that c:/j601/j is not equivalent > > to /cygdrive/c/j601/j? Or are you pointing out that command completion > > does not work with c:/? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
