Starting Xwin - Shell Window Remains

Doug VanLeuven roamdad@sonic.net
Mon Aug 15 18:16:00 GMT 2005


brett lee wrote:
> 1.  C:\cygwin\startxwin.bat exists, and has the following contents:  
> 
> @echo off
> 
> c:
> chdir c:\cygwin\bin
> 
> bash --login -i /usr/local/bin/myxwin

bash --login -c /usr/local/bin/myxwin

> 2.  /usr/local/bin/myxwin exists, and has the following contents:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/bash
> #
> # Start the Cygwin X server, xwin
> 
> echo Starting X server...
> 
> # Succeeds, but must kill cygwin bash window manually
> nohup xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1 &

xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons -silent-dup-error &

I don't really know about the "silent-dup-error" but it is in the example
script, so I use it.
I use this very technique so my xwin is launched with environment
variables set the way I want, without maintaining a seperate set of batch
commands, and I don't have a left over window - but there is a residual
process reported.  I presume the parent.

Regards, Doug

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