Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

[Volker Quetschke]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

I have the following problem with tcsh:

tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given.  whoami is
only an example, this also happens to other programs.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami
/usr/bin/whoami
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which whoami.exe
whoami.exe: Command not found.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ whoami
quetschke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ whoami.exe
whoami.exe: Command not found.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /bin/which whoami.exe
/usr/bin/whoami.exe

That's by design.

You mean the grand design that leads earth and all its inhabitants
to eternal bliss?

And if so, it seems to have a flaw:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which cmd.exe
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which cmd
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd

Care to elaborate where the difference comes from?

Why should I not be allowed to start a program with it's
real name? And why does it work sometimes?

Volker

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