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Re: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out)
- To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out)
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:22:39 -0400
At 11:02 AM 10/12/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
> >
> > ash wants files to have the executable bit set. Cygwin fakes this by looking
> > for files with specific extensions and setting the bit in that case.
> >
> > '.out' is not one of the extensions.
> >
>
>IMO, .out should be considered as "one of the extensions". After all cmd.exe
>will execute a file with a .out extension. At least on my NT4sp4 machine,
>YMMV.
>
>Cheers,
>
>=====
>Earnie Boyd
>mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
While I'm not disagreeing with you, as I recall, NT-based systems will be
able to run any executable, regardless of the extension. Extensions are
needed for 9x platforms and Explorer it seems.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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