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Re: Running winNT/95 programs...
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- Subject: Re: Running winNT/95 programs...
- From: mh at mike dot franken dot de (Michael Hirmke)
- Date: 16 Aug 1997 12:41:00 +0200
- Organization: Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (Nuernberg)
Hi Narayan,
> 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 '
Sorry to ask, this might be a dumb question: Why would one want to use
"start" or something like that ? Why not just run the desired
application form the command line as usual ?
If I want to run explorer, I just type "explorer" from the bash command
line and it comes up as usual.
[...]
> I also have vi (elvis) aliased as:
> alias vi="start vi"
> so that it comes up in a separate window.
Again - why ??
Bye.
Michael.
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