Question

How can I start a second cygwin shell from commandline of the first cygwinshell which opens in a separate window?
I tried
“bash –login -i”
but it apparently it started in the current window.

Answer 1

It depends on what you mean by shell window. If it’s the default setup, then it uses cmd.exe, so you can issue:

cygstart "/cygdrive/C/windows/system32/cmd.exe \k 'bash.exe -i'"

Or maybe simply this should work:

cygstart bash  

Another working solution is (somewhat funny):

cmd /c start cmd /k 'bash -i'

But a recommended solution is to use something better (e.g. Console2, rxvt (part of cygwin…).