start is a builtin of cmd.
try cygstart a.xls instead.
matthias
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:23 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: how to start windows applications
i've
thetrystero wrote:
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
