--------------------------------------------------- > file. I'm not satisfied that we should continue with the .exe > artificial symlink for the same reasons we shouldn't use PATHEXT. > Because of the amount of time to port scripts and software to use the > .exe suffix for executable files it should be an optional configuration > that is on by default with a scheduled deadline (two or three years) to > make it off by default.
Basically I'd agree. In this case any cygwin-prg that should be executable by windows would need a symlink to the .exe-version. Or hook into windows' findfirst/findnext ;) Would PATHEXT=%PATHEXT%;. be a good idea? -Helmut -- 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
