Spawn New Cygwin Window from Within Cygwin

Question

I can't figure out how to launch a new Cygwin session from within Cygwin, similar to launching a new terminal from within bash with:

gnome-terminal

It's probably easy but I am missing something. Any ideas?

ak2 · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-25 05:11:25Z

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cygstart /bin/bash -li

answered Jun 25 '10 at 5:11

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akira · Answer 2 · 2010-06-24 17:45:23Z

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if you use the "default" cygwin console (aka cmd.exe) then:

cmd /c start /d "C:\cygwin\bin" SHELL.EXE PARAMS

and then replace SHELL.EXE and PARAMS by what you use:

i would advise you to use a better console like 'mintty' or 'rxvt', which you launch just by typing "mintty" (or pressing f2) or "rxvt".

edited Jun 24 '10 at 17:45

answered Jun 24 '10 at 15:45

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	I think my version of Cygwin is using `bash.exe` and I fiddled around with the command you provided and some variations with no luck. Looking into mintty now. Thanks! – nicorellius Jun 24 '10 at 16:09
	`mintty` from within an existing Cygwin terminal will start a new window, yes, but also lock up the existing terminal. Start it as a background process with `mintty &` to continue using the original terminal and have a new one. – Shane Daniel Feb 28 '12 at 4:35

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