Synchronizing Windows & Cygwin Paths

zzapper david@tvis.co.uk
Sun Jul 24 19:03:00 GMT 2005


On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:59:09 -0700,  wrote:

>Rex Eastbourne wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to synchronize the Cygwin $PATH with the Windows Path,
>> so that I can run Windows applications from within my Bash shell (i.e.
>> typing "mathematica" will open the corresponding file, which is in
>> Program Files somewhere)?
>
Cygstart is a wonderful tool for launching Windows Apps from CYG

man cygstart

There's also cygpath

You can also do some clever stuff with mount, ln etc

For good Measure

putclip, getclip (copy paste)


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