X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_64,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Hongyi Zhao Subject: Re: Want to let variable pass to cygstart. Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:18:14 +0800 Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <49B7401A DOT 3080309 AT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:37:46 +0000, Dave Korn wrote: > It's bash shell metacharacters. The '&' character terminates a command and >puts it into the background. The simplest way is to use single quotes ' ' >around the URL you want to cygstart. Thanks a lot. -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/