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From: | "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> |
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Subject: | RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.19-1 |
Date: | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:37:30 -0000 |
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Sam Steingold wrote: > > not only cygwin "drops extension" from argv[0] (as your bug report > says), That's not a bug, it's a vital feature. Consider all those Unix-y programs that perform different functions according to the filename you invoke them with. Most of them just use "if (!strcmp (argv[0], "name"))" constructs that would fail if the .exe extension was left on. Clipping it off is probably the best portability-vs-bugs tradeoff for cygwin. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/
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