On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:35:57AM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix
>>".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate and
>>execute files files given only the base name (sans suffix), other uses
>>("cat," "less," or more apropos "nm," "size" or "file") demand the full
>>file name, including the ".exe" suffix.
>
>Actually, the significant point seems to be that the files are being
>accessed via a mount with no underlying directory.
No, sorry. Cygwin's stat function will find a file with a .exe
extension. Cygwin's open function won't. It has been this way for four
or five years. It has nothing to do with the mount command.
So, if you have a file called foo.exe 'ls -l foo' will work but
'cat foo.exe' won't work.
cgf
--
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/
