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Re: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background[solution/patch]

From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:49:24 +0200
Subject: Re: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background[solution/patch]
References: <F0D7281DAB048B438E8F5EC4ECEFBDDC506E11@esmail.elsag.de> <435F56CB.4EBEB22C@dessent.net> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0510261302020.23497@odoaker.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0510260905180.21804@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0510261527130.23497@odoaker.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <20051026134344.GA6638@calimero.vinschen.de>

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 15:43 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> Maybe you could install a symlink in /usr/X11R6/bin, in the postinstall
> script, not in the package itself.  The idea is that a postinstall
> script can create a symlink as windows shortcut by forcing
> CYGWIN=winsymlinks on ln(1).

run.exe is often used from Windows shortcuts to start programs like
XWin. Even the X-start-menu-icons uses it this way, A shortcut will not
work. 

bye
	ago

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