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Running winNT/95 programs...
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- Subject: Running winNT/95 programs...
- From: Narayan Natarajan <venkman1 at ix dot netcom dot com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:44:35 -0400
Hi,
I read a previous thread on running wNT/95 programs through an intermediate
program. I am just a little confused. Why go through all the trouble when
there is a "start" command in both w95 and NT? I have had no problems
running any windows stuff through "start".
For example: my alias for start on winnt:
alias start='cmd /c start '
and on win95 there is an actual executable start.exe, so no alias reqd.
once set the following works just fine.
start <filename> --- starts associated program in windows.
start <command> --- works so long as path is visible
I also have vi (elvis) aliased as:
alias vi="start vi"
so that it comes up in a separate window.
Narayan
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