Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <42ADAFC9.9090401@scytek.de> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:09:45 -0400 From: Volker Quetschke User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe References: <42ADA78B.9040300@scytek.de> <20050613160117.GC3522@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20050613160117.GC3522@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig61EFB96BD40F2BDD64EB3817" X-IsSubscribed: yes --------------enig61EFB96BD40F2BDD64EB3817 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>I have the following problem with tcsh: >> >>tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given. whoami is >>only an example, this also happens to other programs. >> >>[quetschke@Macros ~]$ which whoami >>/usr/bin/whoami >>[quetschke@Macros ~]$ which whoami.exe >>whoami.exe: Command not found. >>[quetschke@Macros ~]$ whoami >>quetschke >>[quetschke@Macros ~]$ whoami.exe >>whoami.exe: Command not found. >>[quetschke@Macros ~]$ /bin/which whoami.exe >>/usr/bin/whoami.exe > > That's by design. You mean the grand design that leads earth and all its inhabitants to eternal bliss? And if so, it seems to have a flaw: [quetschke@Macros ~]$ which cmd.exe /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe [quetschke@Macros ~]$ which cmd /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd Care to elaborate where the difference comes from? Why should I not be allowed to start a program with it's real name? And why does it work sometimes? Volker -- PGP/GPG key (ID: 0x9F8A785D) available from wwwkeys.de.pgp.net key-fingerprint 550D F17E B082 A3E9 F913 9E53 3D35 C9BA 9F8A 785D --------------enig61EFB96BD40F2BDD64EB3817 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCra/MPTXJup+KeF0RAva0AJ4h27CLbwsQJQSVGGO808WWWYXddACgl7T4 UStouWlpbtcDgMiLqUKRZFw= =B8jR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig61EFB96BD40F2BDD64EB3817--