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On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 05:55:31AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 10:40:13PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) >> wrote: >> >Looks to me like your big problem is the install program which assumes the >> >UNIX convention of executables without extensions (.exe). It looks for >> >remind and not remind.exe, which is what exists. >> >> I wonder if it would really be a big deal if cygwin, by default, found a >> file "foo.exe" if there was no existing file "foo". >> >> We keep running into this problem and I wonder if implementing this in >> cygwin would solve more problems than it causes. >> > >What a concept Chris! ;^) It sounds like an awesome task. What happens if foo >and foo.exe exists? Then foo wins, of course. >What is going to change install or Cygwin1.dll? When I refer to cygwin, I mean the DLL. >P.S.: What is cygwin AT hotpop DOT com? No idea. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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