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RE: Suggestion for run (with patch)


Hi Dave,

Dave Korn wrote on 09 April 2007 17:16:
>
> > You might have a better idea for where the non-Cygwin version
> > should go - I just put it in /usr/bin/run-native.exe.
> 
>   Or just "alias run-native='cmd /c start '".  

If that did what we wanted, then we wouldn't need the run package in the
first place. The run command hides the console for console applications
(or at least those that Windows thinks of as console applications) like
xterm. "cmd" gives you that pesky console.

Tim.

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 Tim Adye      T.J.Adye@rl.ac.uk       http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/~adye
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