Original Message: ----------------- From: Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:26:34 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cygwin use report: vexec, UML, off-topic X rave
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:55:04PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi David, > >I just wanted to make two comments based on your observations below. > > 1. File extensions are already optional on NT-based platforms. >Originally, > Cygwin didn't enforce ".exe" for exectuables. This was added for 9x/Me > support and will likely remain until these systems fall into disuse. Cygwin doesn't enforce .exe for executables on any platform, AFAIK. Trying to run an executable without a .exe on Windows 9x just doesn't work, AFAIK. <snip> Right. Poor choice of wording. ".exe" was added to executables generated by gcc for Cygwin to permit them to run on 9x/Me platforms. Individuals that don't run on 9x/Me and that want to remove the ".exe"s from their utilities are free to, assuming they don't mind always running those utilities from the Cygwin shells. Also, it's worthwhile to point out that Cygwin didn't need to do anything special to get executables without an extension to run as executables in Cygwin shells. This is an NT/W2K/XP feature. It's just not one that is generally used by Windows (i.e. it isn't available to cmd.exe, etc). Larry -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
