title: Windows cygwin equivalent of Mac OS X open command
body: <p>I realize this is almost identical to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501290/windows-equivalent-of-the-mac-os-x-open-command">Windows equivalent of the Mac OS X “open” command</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/264395/linux-equivalent-of-the-mac-os-x-open-command">Linux equivalent of the Mac OS X &quot;open&quot; command</a>, but I'm asking specifically about a command I can run in the Cygwin shell to use the current Windows UI application bound for the argument's extension, that as on OS X opens that application if necessary, and opens the specified file in that application.</p>
  
  <p>The cmd.exe start command isn't an option in the Cygwin shell, nor are xdg-open or gnome-open available through Cygwin.</p>
  
  <p>Is there an equivalent?</p>