Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/06/08/12:22:52
>> I disagree. This seems to me to be adopting the Microsoft policy of
doing
>> the user's thinking for them: "I don't care what they want - we know
>> what's best for them." If a person wants to have "foo" and "foo.exe"
in
>> the same directory, that should be allowed. A few times getting
tripped
>> up by the wrong thing executing will be a good life lesson for the
person,
>> and teach about how different operating systems work to boot. Should I
>> create "foo" as an executable, and "foo.exe" exists, then if I want to
run
>> "foo.exe", I should have to call it out specifically. I can see this
>> might cause some confusion should, unbeknownst to the user, "foo.exe"
>> exists earlier in the path than "foo", but that would become an
>> education on how to use the PATH variable. This confusion arises
>> from Cygwin's kowtowing to Microsoft's dubious idea of using extensions
to
>> control the handling of files.
>
>If you took away Cygwin's .exe extension handling and just relied on
>file permissions like Unix, then using Cygwin tools from a cmd.exe
>prompt would become problematic.
>
>Windows wants that .exe (or .bat or .cmd or .msi, etc) extension and
>doesn't give a whip if you chmod a file's permissions +x. Without an
>extension, Windows has no idea what to do with the file.
>
>That's fine if you never do anything with Cygwin commands outside of a
>Cygwin shell, but I don't think this is a globally desirable
>behaviour.
>
Just a question:
Shouldn't it be up to the user to determine how a file is to be used, and
name the file accordingly?
If the file is to used only in a Cygwin environment, leave the extension
off is desired.
If the file is to used in both a Cygwin and a Windows environment, add an
extension (like ".sh" or ".exe" or whatever is needed). It is easy enough
to teach Windows how to recognize what to do with a new extension (like
".sh").
I am just against operating systems making decisions for the user, or
restricting him/her unnecessarily. And, yes, I know that this happens
all the time...
Phil Rising risingp1 AT nationwide DOT com
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