On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:39 -0700, "Andrew DeFaria" <and...@defaria.com> wrote: > > I would like to run cmd.exe within a rxvt terminal on Windows 7. > My question is why? Why do you want to run cmd.exe?
For instance, to test the cruel BAT files which we are going to deliver. > I also find the cmd shell and command language inferior Language? I wouldn't even call this crap a "language"... > in that there's > nothing special or even convenient in cmd that can't be done even > quicker and better in bash. Yep, though right now I'm fancying zsh. But we are all slaves to those who pay us... > That said, and if you're hellbent on using cmd.exe, I > vaguely recall another terminal emulator program (not a Cygwin thing > mind you) called, I believe just "Terminal" (Good luck googling that!) > which (insert fuzzy memory here) I believe used a hidden cmd console > window to allow the Windows program the proper console environment while > translating that to the non-hidden Terminal window. That might work... Thanks a lot, will look it up. Ronald -- Ronald Fischer <austria_ru...@yepmail.net> There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple