how is cygstart different from cmd /c or how to have cygstart start 'inline'?
cyg Simple
cygsimple@gmail.com
Sat Dec 22 10:26:00 GMT 2018
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 that manually:
>
> if ((usecmd)); then
> Â Â export TMP=$(cygpath -w $TMP)
> Â Â my newpath=""
> Â Â my sep=""
> Â Â readarray -t pathar < <(echo -E "$PATH"|tr ":" "\n")
> Â Â for p in "${pathar[@]}"; do
> Â Â Â Â Â Â n=$(cygpath -w "$p")
> Â Â Â Â Â Â newpath="$newpath$sep$n"
> Â Â Â Â Â Â #echo -E "newpath=$newpath"
> Â Â Â Â Â Â sep=";"
> Â Â done
> Â Â export Path=$newpath
> fi
>
> But no luck in launching (cygstart case works):
>
> cd "$ldir" && {
> Â Â if ((usecmd)); then
> Â Â Â Â Â Â 'c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' /c "$lpath" "${args[@]}"
> Â Â else
> Â Â Â Â Â Â cygstart "$lpath" "${args[@]}"
> Â Â fi
> }
>
I use:
<file name="/usr/local/bin/cmd'>
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Copyright (C) 2018, cygSimple
# mailto:cygSimple@users.sourceforge.net
# https://sourceforge.net/p/cygsimple
# File: cmd
`cygpath "$COMSPEC"` "$@"
</file>
and
<file name="/usr/local/bin/start">
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Copyright (C) 2018, cygSimple
# mailto:cygSimple@users.sourceforge.net
# https://sourceforge.net/p/cygsimple
# File: start
cmd /c start `cygpath -w -- "${@//&/^&}"`
</file>
The file /usr/local/bin/start uses the file /usr/local/bin/cmd because
of PATH.
I use another such file to start the Windows version of gvim.
<file name="/usr/local/bin/gvim">
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Copyright (C) 2018, cygSimple
# mailto:cygSimple@users.sourceforge.net
# https://sourceforge.net/p/cygsimple
export PATH=/c/opt/vim/vim74:"$PATH"
start /c/opt/vim/vim74/gvim `cygpath -w -- "$@"` &
</file>
>
> So what else does cygstart do that I might setup
> before a "cmd /c"
> to get the target to run?
>
Don't know.
> Or anyway to have cygstart run the command with its output in the
> current window?
>
A windows program will have a different console by default. A console
program could can communicate to the same console as it is started in
unless it uses pty (e.g. /c/windows/system32/ftp).
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