On Feb 21 23:07, Robert R Schneck wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FWIW, WinNT/2k/XP allow executables to not have a .exe extension. > > I wasn't aware of it, and haven't been able to figure it out in a couple > of minutes of playing around and Googling. How?
On NT, the CreateProcess call allows any name, also with no extension, as executable file name. Not so on 9x/Me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/