Why can't run.exe execute a shebang script directly?

[Eric Blake]

On 10/24/2014 09:19 AM, John Wiersba wrote:

> I thought that all (or virtually all) cygwin-supplied programs that start 
> other programs use the cygwin1.dll execve(2) emulation to start them, because 
> the execve emulation can be used to start *both* cygwin programs and windows 
> native programs.  Or at least it seems that way to me.
> 
> Is there be in drawback to having run.exe start its target program using
> the execve emulation in cygwin1.dll, rather than using a Windows call to
> start the target executable?

run.exe is special.  In order to hide consoles, it MUST use native
windows API instead of cygwin1.dll calls.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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