> Why would you think that you can cp t as just "t" but you'd have to touch "t.exe"? > The real name of the file is t.exe, for touch, cp, rm, etc. The only time that just > "t" suffices is for exec.
Because it used to work on older cygwin. I suspect exactly to get Makefile and other automated processes tow rok, and I quite like it. For example on an older cygwin (1.3.22-1) touch t.exe cp t a ls a -> says a exists ls a* -> says a.exe exists Kris Thielemans (kris.thielemans <at> imperial.ac.uk) Hammersmith Imanet (formerly IRSL) Cyclotron Building Hammersmith Hospital Du Cane Road London W12 ONN, United Kingdom web site address: http://www.hammersmithimanet.com/~kris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/