an ``open'' command which resolves file associations

[Michael Schaap]

On 21-7-2002 22:05, Qiezi . wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  I've been wondering for a long time whether someone had written a 
> program for cygwin to do what NeXT's open(1) program does.  At least 
> in the current incarnation, under OSX, open resolves file-type 
> associations at the command line and opens a file. 

Install the "cygutils" package using setup.exe.  It comes with 
"cygstart", which does this, among others.

 - Michael


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