Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/11/17/20:05:44
Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:35:57AM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com> 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.
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