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Helmholtz42
Helmholtz42

Reputation: 195

new cygwinshell in own window

How can I start a second cygwin shell from commandline of the first cygwinshell which opens in a separate window? I tried "bash --login -i" but it apparently it started in the current window.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3327

Answers (1)

Zsolt Botykai
Zsolt Botykai

Reputation: 51613

It depends on what you mean by shell window. If it's the default setup, then it uses cmd.exe, so you can issue:

cygstart "/cygdrive/C/windows/system32/cmd.exe \k 'bash.exe -i'"

Or maybe simply this should work:

cygstart bash

Another working solution is (somewhat funny):

cmd /c start cmd /k 'bash -i'

But a recommended solution is to use something better (e.g. Console2, rxvt (part of cygwin...).

Upvotes: 5

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