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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:09:45 -0400
From:	Volker Quetschke <quetschke AT scytek DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>I have the following problem with tcsh:
>>
>>tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given.  whoami is
>>only an example, this also happens to other programs.
>>
>>[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ which whoami
>>/usr/bin/whoami
>>[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ which whoami.exe
>>whoami.exe: Command not found.
>>[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ whoami
>>quetschke
>>[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ whoami.exe
>>whoami.exe: Command not found.
>>[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ /bin/which whoami.exe
>>/usr/bin/whoami.exe
>
> That's by design.
You mean the grand design that leads earth and all its inhabitants
to eternal bliss?

And if so, it seems to have a flaw:

[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ which cmd.exe
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe
[quetschke AT Macros ~]$ which cmd
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd

Care to elaborate where the difference comes from?

Why should I not be allowed to start a program with it's
real name? And why does it work sometimes?

Volker

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