"start" is a builtin of cmd. try "cygstart a.xls" instead.
matthias -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thetrystero Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:23 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: how to start windows applications i've just installed cygwin and am noticing some inconsistencies between executing commands from the command line versus executing them through a batch file. for example when I try to do start excel a.xls I get "bash: start: command not found" but if I put this in a batch file, a.bat say, and the subsequently executing a.bat the the cmd line, it works fine. Another one is changing directories. Say I'm in C: and I'd like to change to U:\temp. The following sequence works in the batch file but not at the command line: U: cd \temp Any help will be much appreciated! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-start-windows-applications-tp19527789p19527 789.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/