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Re: cygstart regression [Was: Re: on the road to 1.5.19 - snapshot testing needed]
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:28:28 -0600
- Subject: Re: cygstart regression [Was: Re: on the road to 1.5.19 - snapshot testing needed]
- References: <20050929231320.GA13715@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <bfc52fe00509300817j52549078x90263e13fa9a4f75@mail.gmail.com> <20050930152750.GB13201@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <433D62A7.7090207@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
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According to Charles Wilson on 9/30/2005 10:07 AM:
>
> cygstart was contributed by Michael Schapp, who is still around but
> doesn't post often. cygstart, aside from its option handling, is a very
> simple app. The core routine just uses the Windows 'ShellExecute'
> function on the specified file. Windows is then responsible for looking
> up the associated application in the registry, starting it, and causing
> it to load the specified file. I don't see how anything in cygwin
> itself can affect that.
By the way, there is an outstanding cygstart patch that has yet to be
applied, at:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg01082.html
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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