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Re: gurl (call browser and it an URL)
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:27:24 -0800
- Subject: Re: gurl (call browser and it an URL)
- References: <Xns976CB91B06654zzappergmailcom@80.91.229.5>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
zzapper wrote:
> # c:/progra~1/opera75/opera.exe $url
> c:/Program\ Files/internet\ explorer/iexplore $url &
> }
Yuck. No need to do this, just "cygstart http://www.cygwin.com"; or
"cygstart www.cygwin.com". This will launch the URL in whatever browser
the user has configured to handle http://, rather than hardcoding it.
This is equivalent to Start -> Run.
Brian
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