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Re: Want to let variable pass to cygstart.
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:37:46 +0000
- Subject: Re: Want to let variable pass to cygstart.
- References: <nkber4delvo8ob4tm437av4k6fnblgbggr@4ax.com>
Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> Hi all,
> Any hints on this issue?
It's bash shell metacharacters. The '&' character terminates a command and
puts it into the background. The simplest way is to use single quotes ' '
around the URL you want to cygstart.
cheers,
DaveK
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