George, Please keep your replies on-list.
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 01:36:03PM -0500, george young wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:56:17 -0500 > Jason Tishler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> threw this fish to the penguins: > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 07:21:31AM -0800, gry wrote: > > > Under cygwin, the python executable is installed as python2.4.exe > > > with a symbolic link to python.exe. This is fine as long as one > > > is operating only withing the cygwin world. But I execute python > > > from a foo.bat file, and windows barfs on the symbolic link. > > > > You can always do the following as a workaround: > > > > C:\> bash -c python > > Hmm, that's fine for typing a command interactively, but try fitting > it into a DOS "ftype" command so that double-clicking a .py file gets > the right thing with the right args -- nasty, I couldn't get it to > work. Since you are looking for tight integration with Windows, maybe you should use Win32 Python? > > > I replaced it with a hard link and all is well. > > > > Note the above will only work as a true hard link under NTFS. IMO, > > the above is a better approach. > > > > > Is there some reason this shouldn't be the standard installation > > > under cygwin? > > > > Because it would require (more) modification of the Unix build to > > accommodate Windows. IMO, it is not worth the effort. If you feel > > differently, then submit a patch for consideration: > > > > http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=5470&atid=305470 > > I'll try that... maybe I can light a fire. > > > BTW, many other Cygwin commands have this issue too: > > > > $ find /bin -type l -name '*.exe' > > /bin/awk.exe > > /bin/c++.exe > > /bin/captoinfo.exe > > /bin/cc.exe > > ... Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
