Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out)
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
lhall@rfk.com
Thu Oct 12 08:27:00 GMT 2000
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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