start (command)
 TheReactOS startcommand | |
| Developer(s) | IBM,Microsoft,ReactOS Contributors |
|---|---|
| Operating system | OS/2,Microsoft Windows,ReactOS |
| Type | Command |
Incomputing,startis acommandof theIBMOS/2,[1]Microsoft Windows[2]andReactOS[3]command-line interpretercmd.exe[4](and some versions ofCOMMAND.COM) to start programs orbatch filesor to open files ordirectoriesusing the default program.startis not available as a standalone program. The underlyingWin32 APIisShellExecute.
The command is also one of the basic commands implemented in the Keyboard Monitor (KMON) of theDECRT-11operating system.[5]
TheTOPS-10[6]andTOPS-20[7]operating systems also provide astartcommand. It is used to start a program in memory at a specified address.
Other environments[edit]
STARTcommand ofRT-11SJdisplayed on aVT100.- Typical Unix shells (bash,etc.) have no built-in registry of file types and associated default applications. Linux command-line tools with similar functions include
xdg-open[8]andrun-mailcap. - OnCygwin,the command is implemented as the
cygstartexecutable.[9] - InPowerShell,the
Invoke-Itemcmdlet is used to invoke an executable or open a file.[10] - OnApplemacOS,the corresponding command is
open. - OnStratusOpenVOSit is
start_process.[11]
Syntax[edit]
Windows, ReactOS[edit]
start [ "title" ] [/D path] [/I] [/B][/MIN][/MAX][WAIT]
[command/program] [parameters]
"title" Title of the window.
Path Specifies the startup directory.
I Use the original environment given to cmd. exe,
Instead of the current environment.
B Starts the command or program without creating any window.
MIN Starts with a minimized window.
MAX Starts with a maximized window.
WAIT Startsthe command or program and waits for its termination.
command specifies the parameters to be given to the command or program.
C: \Documents and setting \ Administrator >_
Examples[edit]
Windows, ReactOS[edit]
C:\>startnotepad file.txt
C:\>start"C:\My Music\My Song.mp3"
C:\>startwikipedia.org
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-04-14.Retrieved2019-07-06.
- ^"MS-DOS and Windows command line start command".
- ^"Reactos/Reactos".GitHub.3 January 2022.
- ^"Start".Microsoft Learn.2021-11-12.Retrieved2023-11-22.
- ^"Rt-11 Help File".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-17.Retrieved2018-07-16.
- ^TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual(PDF).Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1980. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2020-08-09.Retrieved2019-02-17.
- ^"TOPS-20 Command manual"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2020-08-09.Retrieved2018-07-18.
- ^"XDG-utils".
- ^"cygstart man page on Cygwin".polarhome.
- ^"Start - Start a program - Windows CMD - SS64".ss64.
- ^Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd (2017)."OpenVOS Commands Reference Manual"(PDF).
Further reading[edit]
- Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993).OS/2 Inside & Out.Osborne McGraw-Hill.ISBN978-0078818714.
- Frisch, Æleen (2001).Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference.O'Reilly.ISBN978-0-596-00148-3.
External links[edit]
