On Jun 13 12:09, Volker Quetschke wrote: > 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?
Dunno why it prints cmd.exe but by design (minus flaws) tcsh only starts applications given w/o path if the application is in the internal hash table. The internal hash table stores the application names w/o .exe suffix. If you need something different: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com 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/
