Useful Cygwinism: "Explorer Here"

[Michael Schaap]

On 28-6-2002 6:06, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:

># Easy "Explorer Here" command
>x()
>{
>	if [ "${1}" = "" ];
>	then
>		XPATH=".";
>	else
>		XPATH="$(cygpath -w "${1}")";
>	fi
>	explorer $XPATH &
>}
>
Easier (and faster), if you have the cygutils package installed:

x()
{
    cygstart ${1:-.}
}

Or, if you prefer the two-pane layout (and haven't set it as the default):

x()
{
    cygstart --explore ${1:-.}
}

 - Michael


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