Re: open IE from command line

[Doug Henderson <djndnbvg at gmail dot com>]

On 21 December 2016 at 10:01, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>
> From: Nellis, Kenneth
> > I suspect the issue is that some required DLLs are not in
> > my PATH. Indeed, my Cygwin PATH is a pruned version of my
> > Windows PATH.
>
> Actually, that's not the case and is irrelevant as Lee demon-
> strates in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-12/msg00220.html.
>
> Comparing the output from
> Windows: C:/>path
> and
> cygwin/bash: $ cmd /c path
> shows only new paths added to support Cygwin.
>
> I'm on Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
>
> FWIW, output from "cygcheck -svr" attached.
>
> --Ken Nellis


Attached is a bash script, renamed as openurl.sh.txt, which will open
a url with either the default browser or Internet Explorer. It takes
care of the case when CYGWIN_NOWINPATH=1, and where COMSPEC does not
exist in the environment or does not point to an executable program or
when /cygdrive/c/ does not point to the C: disk.

Before using, strip CRs (just in case) using d2u (or dos2unix), rename
to openurl or openurl.sh or ..., place in your path, eg. $HOME/bin and
make executable.

HTH,
Doug

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Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com

Attachment: openurl.sh.txt
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