'run xterm' fails to open a window

[Mike Ayers]

> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Lothar Brendel
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:52 PM

> E.g. in a Windows command prompt or a non-X11 cygwin-console, the
> command
>     run sleep -wait 5
> does *not* wait for the sleep to terminate. Moreover
>     run false -wait
> does *not* set %errorlevel% to 1.

	Why are you using run for these?  

[SNIP]
C:\mike>C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c false

C:\mike>echo %ERRORLEVEL%
1

C:\mike>
[/SNIP]

[SNIP]
C:\mike>C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c "PATH=/usr/bin sleep 5"

C:\mike>
[/SNIP]

	Sleep occurred.

	On Windows there must be a console for programs that use console, which means a console window.  To not have a console window, a program must be compiled as a GUI app, which means no console available.  To get nifty cygwin features like windowless consoles, you must fully enter the cygwin environment.  There is no magic bullet.


	HTH,

Mike