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

[John Wiersba]

> From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

> 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.

OK -- I guess that settles it, then!  Thanks!


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