From:	fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp (Kazuhiro Fujieda)
Subject:	Re: handling file attributes
21 Oct 1998 20:35:07 -0700 :
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>>> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:35:54 +0900
>>> Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp> said:

> fhandler_disk_file::open doesn't check the magic number '#!' on NT.
> fhandler.cc:1075
>   if (!real_path.exec_p && os_being_run != winNT)
> 
> When NTEA is enabled, this causes no problem by doing chmod +x.
> But when NTEA is disabled by default, I can't execute shell
> scripts having the same name as .exe files in another path.
> I think it should always check the magic number or not check
> only when NTEA is enabled.

This problem isn't taken into account in the latest snapshot.
Can't you understand this problem by reason of my poor English ?
The easiest solution is to stop checking WinNT, same as
spawn_guts() in spawn.cc.

--- fhandler.cc-	Wed Oct 21 14:29:47 1998
+++ fhandler.cc	Thu Oct 22 11:06:29 1998
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@
   if (!res)
     goto out;
 
-  if (!real_path.exec_p && os_being_run != winNT)
+  if (!real_path.exec_p)
     {
       DWORD done;
       char magic[3];

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  | AIST      Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
  | HOKURIKU  School of Information Science
o_/ 1990      Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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