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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:56:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Command-line options for setup.exe
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > There is even a patch outstanding that
> > adds a "--help" option to list all available options:
> > <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-02/msg00000.html> (with one
> > caveat: setup has to be built as a Cygwin app from source for you to
> > see console output).
>
> No, building it as a MinGW app is fine.
> But it must be run from a CYGWIN=tty shell.
>
> Max.

Oh, ok.  I don't use "tty" myself, so I needed it built as a Cygwin app.
Could it, perhaps, pop up a dialog box instead if stdout is not available?
Is there any way of detecting whether output to stdout will be seen?
	Igor
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