On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:16:17PM +0100, Robin Walker wrote: >--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. > >Sorry for wasting your time!
Too bad. It was an interesting supposition, at least. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
