Can't figure out how to pass command arguments via cygstart

[Michael Schaap]

On 11-9-2002 2:14, Andre Srinivasan wrote:

>I'd like to invoke command foo and pass the -s switch to the command.
>When I try
>
>        cygstart --hide foo -s
>
>cygstart complains that it does not understand the -s switch.  Is
>there a way to do this?
>
Yes, that's a bit unfortunate.

I don't think there is a real solution for this - how would popt know 
that it shouldn't parse the "-s"?
There is a workaround, though.  You can use
        cygstart --hide -- foo -s

Best regards,

 - Michael


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