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Re: Delete a file and start a Windows application
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Delete a file and start a Windows application
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:29:54 -0400
- References: <39639920.56313F53@math.mun.ca>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:52:56PM -0230, Paul Y. Peng wrote:
>1. How can I delete a file in such a way that it is actually moved
>into recycle bin and can be restored later, say, by using Windows
>Explorer?
Cygwin doesn't do this. Cygwin is a UNIX emulation. It doesn't know
about recycle bins.
>2. Why can't I get bash command line prompt back when certain Windows
>applications are launched from bash command line?
Because that is the way things work under UNIX.
cgf
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