From: venkman1@ix.netcom.com (Narayan Natarajan)
Subject: Running winNT/95 programs...
15 Aug 1997 23:35:51 -0700
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Hi,

I read a previous thread on running wNT/95 programs through an intermediate
program. I am just a little confused. Why go through all the trouble when
there is a "start" command in both w95 and NT? I have had no problems
running any windows stuff through "start".

For example: my alias for start on winnt:

alias start='cmd /c start '

and on win95 there is an actual executable start.exe, so no alias reqd.
once set the following works just fine.

start <filename> --- starts associated program in windows.
start <command>  --- works so long as path is visible

I also have vi (elvis) aliased as:
alias vi="start vi" 
so that it comes up in a separate window.

Narayan
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