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Re: command line putty keeps opening up configuration window

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On 2011-08-19, Robert Mark Bram <robertmarkbram@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> putty -ssh someuser@host -pw pass &
>
> I an using Putty with a command like this on Windows 7. 
However, this keeps opening up the configuration window 
instead of launching a session.. 
>
> Any ideas about what is going wrong?
>
> Any assistance would be most appreciated!
>
> Rob
>:)
Are you running in a window from cmd.exe? If so, I think the "&" 
at the end of the line may be your problem.

start /b [a windows cmd]
is how you run a windows process in background.

You want to keep your lines in your message 80 chars long or
shorter. 

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command line putty keeps opening up configuration window Robert Mark Bram <robertmarkbram@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 23:02 -0700
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