Blimey! What a wierd combination of effects. On Windows ME its nearly the same: just "start .\notepad" is different.
C:\>ver Windows Millennium [Version 4.90.3000] C:\>start /m notepad -- notepad started minimized C:\>start .\notepad Cannot find file '.\notepad' (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. C:\>start c:/Windows/notepad -- notepad started successfully C:\>start ./notepad Cannot find file './notepad' (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. C:\>start ./notepad.exe -- notepad started successfully And also: C:\>start .\notepad.exe Cannot find file '.\notepad.exe' (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. - Julian Norman Vine wrote: > > Julian Foad writes: > >> > >The "/m" switch specifies a minimised (iconised) window. > >Could Windows users check whether this is supported on various > >versions of Windows. It is on Windows ME. > > AFAIK 'start /m' is supported on all Win32 systems > > >The "cygpath -w" command converts the unix-like pathname to a > >Windows one which the Windows program will recognise. > >Something like this may be needed in the non-CygWin case. I'm > >not sure what the values of get_fg_root() and > >"/sim/startup/intro-music" will or should be. Can the SGPath > >class convert between native and unix-style pathnames? > > AFAIK get_fg_root() should always return a path that the > underlying system should understand, and WIN32 almost > understands . > > Note the following 'quirks' though > > Microsoft(R) Windows 98 > (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1998. > > C:\WINDOWS>start /m notepad > -- notepad started minimized > > C:\WINDOWS>start .\notepad > -- notepad started successfuly > > C:\WINDOWS>start c:/Windows/notepad > -- notepad starts successfuly > > C:\WINDOWS>start ./notepad > Cannot find file './notepad' (or one of its components). Check > to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required > libraries are available. > > C:\WINDOWS>start ./notepad.exe > -- notepad started successfuly > > to be sure of success when launching a program with start on WIN32 > use the FULL filename to include the extension ! > > Cheers > > Norman > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
