<crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff
Christopher Faylor
cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com
Sun Oct 20 09:09:00 GMT 2002
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:39:23AM -0400, CBFalconer wrote:
>Peter S Tillier wrote:
>> [...]
>> > BTW attacking this has shown up a couple of Cygwin glitches.
>> > bash won't run a MSDOS .com file, even though it is in the path.
>>
>> You need to include the extensions for .com or .bat files to get
>> them to run under bash - .exe is OK. See the User Guide section
>> on Special Names.
>
>Thanks. I discovered that on re-reading the UG yesterday. What
>is the philosophy of that decision?
Same philosophy as always. We're very consistent.
cgf
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