Yeah, and "cygstart" will even understand POSIX paths and translate them
for you... ;-)
Igor
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Seth Rubin wrote:
> This may not apply, (sorry haven't been following thread) but in case you
> didn't know...
>
> the START command under Windows will open a file according to its extension.
> E.g.
>
> start xyz.xls -- opens xyz.xls in Excel
> start xyz.doc -- opens xyz.doc in Word
> start xyz.htm -- opens xyz.htm in Internet Explorer (or whichever browser is
> registered...)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of steve
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Opening Files In Excel & Word On 2000
>
>
> Hi;
>
> I've made some scripts that enable me to open Word & Excel from bash on
> Win 2000.
>
> The problem is I can't get either app to open the file I type on the
> command line with the name of my script :).
>
> Does anyone have scripts for opening files with Word and/or Excel from
> the command line?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve
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