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Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
- From: "John Emmas" <johne53 at tiscali dot co dot uk>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:20 -0000
- Subject: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
Is it possible to run a Cygwin GUI app (i.e. requiring 'X') from a DOS
terminal, as opposed to a bash terminal? After starting the X server
I tried "cygstart path/to/my/program" but nothing happened. The app
runs fine if I start it from a bash terminal.
John
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