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Re: wrapper os something to call cygwin shell at specific address

by Andy Koppe :: Rate this Message:

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2009/7/4 Harry Putnam <reader@...>:

>>> I'd like to be able to open a cygwin shell at a specific location
>>> from windows explorer.  Something like the old windows `power toy'
>>> where you could open a windows cmdline shell HERE.
>>
>>   It exists; it's in the cygwin distro; it's called "chere" and you
>> can intall it through setup.exe.
>
> Ahhh nice.
> Should I see an item on the right click context menu of windows
> explorer?  Or is there something else to be done first?

Yep, you need to run 'chere' to install the menu entry (or entries)
you want. See 'man chere' for details.

Andy

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