Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:35:57AM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix >>> ".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate >>> and execute files files given only the base name (sans suffix), >>> other uses ("cat," "less," or more apropos "nm," "size" or "file") >>> demand the full file name, including the ".exe" suffix. >> >> Actually, the significant point seems to be that the files are being >> accessed via a mount with no underlying directory. > > No, sorry. Cygwin's stat function will find a file with a .exe > extension. Cygwin's open function won't. It has been this way for > four or five years. It has nothing to do with the mount command. > > So, if you have a file called foo.exe 'ls -l foo' will work but > 'cat foo.exe' won't work.
You mean 'cat foo', don't you? But you are right - I must have been hallucinating when I was experimenting before I posted that. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/