This is the mail archive of the cygwin mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

cygutils cygstart eats program arguments


Hi!

I'd like to use cygstart to launch a couple of log windows to monitor server activity, much like the Windows START command. However, cygstart eats *all* the arguments, not only the ones before the executable. Is there something I've missed?

The usage suggests otherwise:
Usage: cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]

Sample session:

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail -f /var/log/fetchmail.log
Unable to start 'tail': There is no application associated with the given file name extension.


/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail
[opens a new window waiting for stdin (as it should).]

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart tail --version
[displays cygstart's version, not tail's]
cygstart version 1.0, by Michael Schaap

Let Windows start a program or open a file or URL.

/cygdrive/l/bin $ cygstart "tail --version"
Unable to start 'tail --version': The specified file was not found.


Cheers, Rob


-- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]