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Re: rxvt pops up console with 2001-Aug-07 shapshot
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:18:06PM +0400, egor duda wrote:
> i use this simple program in such cases.
>
> #include <windows.h>
>
> #define TITLESIZE 1024
>
> int
> main (int argc, char** argv)
> {
> HWND console;
> char old_title [TITLESIZE];
> char new_title [TITLESIZE];
> if (!GetConsoleTitle (old_title, TITLESIZE))
> return 1;
> sprintf (new_title, "cygwin.hide.%d", GetCurrentProcessId ());
> SetConsoleTitle (new_title);
> Sleep (40);
> console = FindWindow (NULL, new_title);
> SetConsoleTitle (old_title);
> ShowWindow (console, SW_HIDE);
> }
So you don't destroy the window but simply hide it, right?
> KF> I think inetd and cygrunsrv shouldn't invoke AllocConsole() and
> KF> the problem with windows popping up should be solved by Egor's
> KF> ttyfier.
>
> ttyfier is designed to run interactive applications. if you want to
> run, say, 'net start some_service', which creates new console in case
> it's not available, it's fine. but if you'll run it with redirected
> output, e.g 'tfy net start some_service >> service.log', you won't see
> in service.log what you should normally expect.
I don't understand what ttyfier has to do with that problem. Please
enlighten me!
Corinna
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