[Scons-dev] Windows executables
Team, I have a really dumb question (probably). Some of the SCons tests that execute binaries have code to check whether or not the platform is win32. If win32, then add ".exe" extension to the executable name. Is this a requirement or just a convention? Can you not run an executable on Windows that doesn't have the extension? V/R, William ___ Scons-dev mailing list Scons-dev@scons.org https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
Re: [Scons-dev] Windows executables
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:22 PM, William Blevins wrote: > Can you not run an executable on Windows that doesn't have the extension? You're not a Windows user, are you? :-) The general answer is no: It must have a .exe extension to run via double-clicking in Explorer, or by providing the path in a Command prompt. Exceptions include .bat and .com files, but these don't really count for what you're asking. Regards, Jonathon ___ Scons-dev mailing list Scons-dev@scons.org https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
Re: [Scons-dev] Windows executables
No... and thanks. The windows mentality just confuses me honestly. On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Jonathon Reinhart < jonathon.reinh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:22 PM, William Blevins > wrote: > >> Can you not run an executable on Windows that doesn't have the extension? > > > You're not a Windows user, are you? :-) > > The general answer is no: It must have a .exe extension to run via > double-clicking in Explorer, or by providing the path in a Command prompt. > > Exceptions include .bat and .com files, but these don't really count for > what you're asking. > > Regards, > Jonathon > > ___ > Scons-dev mailing list > Scons-dev@scons.org > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev > > ___ Scons-dev mailing list Scons-dev@scons.org https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
Re: [Scons-dev] Windows executables
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 4:22 AM, William Blevins wrote: > Team, > > I have a really dumb question (probably). Dumb questions are the most interesting. =) > Some of the SCons tests that execute binaries have code to check whether or > not the platform is win32. If win32, then add ".exe" extension to the > executable name. Is this a requirement or just a convention? > > Can you not run an executable on Windows that doesn't have the extension? Native Windows file systems doesn't have flag that marks file as executable, so it uses file extension to figure that out. Well, you still can specify custom commands to run for specific extensions http://stackoverflow.com/a/1936078/239247 ___ Scons-dev mailing list Scons-dev@scons.org https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
Re: [Scons-dev] Windows executables
That actually explains a lot. I figured it was more of a convention than a requirement. Glad I asked. V/R, William On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:42 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 4:22 AM, William Blevins > wrote: > > Team, > > > > I have a really dumb question (probably). > > Dumb questions are the most interesting. =) > > > Some of the SCons tests that execute binaries have code to check whether > or > > not the platform is win32. If win32, then add ".exe" extension to the > > executable name. Is this a requirement or just a convention? > > > > Can you not run an executable on Windows that doesn't have the extension? > > Native Windows file systems doesn't have flag that marks file as > executable, so it uses file extension to figure that out. Well, you > still can specify custom commands to run for specific extensions > http://stackoverflow.com/a/1936078/239247 > ___ > Scons-dev mailing list > Scons-dev@scons.org > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev > ___ Scons-dev mailing list Scons-dev@scons.org https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
