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From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: PATHEXT is fundamental to Windows and Should be recognised by CYGWIN
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On Aug  5 11:20, Michel LaBarre wrote:
> Hello cygsimple,
>=20
> Thanks for the advice regarding line length.=20
> I will try to remember to rein in my margins when emailing to cygwin.=20
>=20
> Thanks for your recognition of PATHEXT's potential value;
> reassuring to know I am not alone in my delusions.
>=20
> Regarding providing code, I am somewhat stale (though I spent my first 20=
 work years
> immersed in system code, assembly/C/Algol/Pascal/C++, building firmware f=
or bit-sliced processors, etc.)
>=20
> The patch to which I referred is one I found while researching the topic;
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-09/msg00127.html is one reference to it.
> It is old and likely out of date.

That.  Plus, the refusal from cgf is still valid today.  If you see the
code required to handle .exe and .lnk extensions you don't *want*
PATHEXT support anymore.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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