Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001012111821.02033bb8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:22:39 -0400 To: Earnie Boyd , cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not like a.out) In-Reply-To: <20001012150246.989.qmail@web113.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:02 AM 10/12/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Chris Faylor wrote: > > > > ash wants files to have the executable bit set. Cygwin fakes this by looking > > for files with specific extensions and setting the bit in that case. > > > > '.out' is not one of the extensions. > > > >IMO, .out should be considered as "one of the extensions". After all cmd.exe >will execute a file with a .out extension. At least on my NT4sp4 machine, >YMMV. > >Cheers, > >===== >Earnie Boyd >mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com While I'm not disagreeing with you, as I recall, NT-based systems will be able to run any executable, regardless of the extension. Extensions are needed for 9x platforms and Explorer it seems. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com