Re: how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?

2018-12-23 Thread L A Walsh
On 12/21/2018 5:15 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: See: https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips#inputoutput-interaction-with-alien-programs --- Will have to read it in more detail...look like alot of neat things to try out (not sure how useful relating to my question, but maybe...so much

Re: how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?

2018-12-21 Thread cyg Simple
On 12/21/2018 2:33 AM, L A Walsh wrote: Got a program that starts under cygstart, but I'd like to be able to start it without starting up the program in a new window..so was trying cmd /c. I compared env's and noted both PATH and TMP had been converted back to the backslash using case, so I did

Re: how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?

2018-12-21 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2018-12-21 00:33, L A Walsh wrote: > Got a program that starts under cygstart, but I'd like to be able to start it > without starting up the program in a new window..so was trying cmd /c. See: https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Tips#inputoutput-interaction-with-alien-programs > I compared

how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?

2018-12-20 Thread L A Walsh
Got a program that starts under cygstart, but I'd like to be able to start it without starting up the program in a new window..so was trying cmd /c. I compared env's and noted both PATH and TMP had been converted back to the backslash using case, so I did that manually: if ((usecmd)); then