RE: cygwin.bat

[Bbbymcn2001 at netscape dot net (Bobby McNulty)]

"Alex Malinovich" <baggend@howlermonkey.net> wrote:

>Just a quick observation. Cygwin.bat calls "bash --login -i" to start
>cygwin. Wouldn't it be a bit better to instead use 'start' to launch
>bash?
>
>e.g.
>
>"start bash --login -i" 
>
>By using 'start' bash is called, and then the batchfile continues
>execution. (it ends)
>
>This would alleviate the issue of "Terminate batch job?" messages that
>occasionally crop up when closing the window. It also allows more than
>one instance of bash to be called by using a keyboard shortcut. I have
>ctrl-alt-c set to call cygwin.bat. The only problem is that if I already
>have a window open, it won't allow me to open a second one that way
>since the batch file is still "running". Using 'start', I can now open
>as many windows as I want. AFAIK the 'start' command has been
>implemented in all MS OS's since 95 so compatibility shouldn't be an
>issue. Just a suggestion.
>
>-Alex
>
>
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I just tried it out.

start /r bash --login -i

When exit is sent, the window closes without any fuss.




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