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Re: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
- From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten at thorstenkampe dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:13:01 +0100
- Subject: Re: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line
- References: <001d01c96b41$2bbb20e0$4001a8c0@mycomputer>
* John Emmas (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:20 -0000)>
> 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.
You have to set the DISPLAY variable to a valid value.
Thorsten
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