--On 17 August 2009 17:52 +0000 Stephan Mueller wrote:
Robin Walker wrote: " On any NT-class Windows, calling a *.bat file causes a 16-bit sub-system to " be spawned, and the .bat file is interpreted within the 16-bit command " interpreter. " " Given that Cygwin 1.7 no longer supports Windows 9x systems, it would " probably make sense to convert as many .bat files as possible to .cmd " files, so that they run within the normal 32-bit command interpreter. " " Does the startxwin.bat script work when it is renamed startxwin.cmd ? This is certainly an interesting question, but I'm not sure I believe the preceding claim.
OK, I stand corrected. It looks as if something that bit me more years ago than I can remember is not in fact the problem that I mis-remembered it to be.
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